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Auction: 20039 - The Gary Diffen Collection of Australian Colonies Errors Part 2 - Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Lot: 258

(x) Western Australia
1895 (Nov.) "Half-penny" on cinnamon vertical pair with surcharge double, fine unused with part original gum. B.P.A. Certificate (1935). S.G. 110ab, £4000. Photo

Note: This error was first recorded in the "London Philatelist" in February 1896 and listed by Stanley Gibbons in 1919. Although a pane of 60 was discovered, most examples still exist in large blocks, hence the reason for so few examples appearing in the market place.

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Estimate
£1,500 to £2,000

Starting price
£1200