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Auction: 20039 - The Gary Diffen Collection of Australian Colonies Errors Part 2 - Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Lot: 244

(x) Western Australia
1864-79 Watermark Crown CC
2d. yellow error of colour, printed in mauve, fine mint. A very good example of this iconic error of the Australian Colonies. S.G. 55b, £22,000. Photo

Note: In early 1879, the Postmaster at Albany considered it necessary to apologise to Stanley Gibbons for having to charge 6d. a stamp for a block of 60 of the 2d. value printed in mauve. Instead of being printed in yellow, the colour of the 2d. stamp, this block was printed in mauve, the colour of the 6d.
Thus, one of the most significant errors of the Australian Colonies came on to the market where it was first reported in the "Philatelic Record" in March 1879. A number of other unused examples have been found outside the original find by Stanley Gibbons and at least 40 used examples of the error have been recorded.

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Estimate
£6,000 to £7,500

Starting price
£5000