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Auction: 20039 - The Gary Diffen Collection of Australian Colonies Errors Part 2 - Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Lot: 245

(x) Western Australia
1864-79 Watermark Crown CC
4d. carmine, error printed double, fine unused with part original gum. Nine examples recorded in private hands of which two are defective. This is considered the finest available. An iconic error of Western Australia philately. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 56a, £30,000. Photo

Note: Given its status as one of the great errors of Western Australia, it is surprising how little has been written on the 4d. double print. There was no announcement of its discovery, although the H.L. White collection has an example which was bequeathed to the NSW State Library in 1922, and it was catalogued by Stanley Gibbons in 1929.

provenance:
T.A. Hall, October 1964
John Gartner, April 1979
"Austin". May 1985
Lord Vestey, May 2015

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Estimate
£15,000 to £20,000

Starting price
£12000