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Auction: 20039 - The Gary Diffen Collection of Australian Colonies Errors Part 2 - Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Lot: 188

(x) Victoria
1896-99 Watermark "V" over Crown, Perf. 12½
½d. deep carmine-red (coarse impression) with watermark upright, a superb unmounted mint block of twenty-eight (4x7) with margin at foot, two stamps at top left with clipped perfs. Rare, the only multiple recorded. S.G. 330c, £3080. Photo

Note: Prior to the discovery of this block, mint examples of this error were considered to be very rare.

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Sold for
£480

Starting price
£480