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Auction: 20039 - The Gary Diffen Collection of Australian Colonies Errors Part 2 - Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Lot: 269

(x) Western Australia
1902-11 Watermark V over Crown
Mixed Perfs
The Stanley Gibbons catalogue up until the mid 1980s used to separate the listings of compound perforations and mixed perforation errors. Probably to not confuse collectors, these two variants were combined into one listing. However, the mixed perforation errors are much rarer, and these variants are listed separately in Brusden White.
1d. carmine-rose horizontal pair, error mixed perforations comb perf 12.4 x 11, fine used. The only recorded example. Unlisted by Brusden White in this variant. S.G. 135. Photo

Note: This pair is perforated 12.4 on all four sides with additional vertical perforations gauging 11 for both stamps, thereby creating the mixed perforations error. There are vertical Post Office repair strips on the left hand side on the reverse of both stamps. In effect, both stamps exhibit the error.

provenance:
Trevor Hiscock, February 2013

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Estimate
£1,000 to £1,500

Starting price
£800