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Auction: 20039 - The Gary Diffen Collection of Australian Colonies Errors Part 2 - Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Lot: 271

(x) Western Australia
1905-12 Watermark Crown over double-lined A
Perf. 12½
½d. green, error imperforate between stamp and margin at foot, fine unused with large part original gum. Rare, three mint examples are recorded of which one is defective. Brusden White W4b; S.G. 138. Photo

Note: Although there are no contemporary reports of this error, early collectors were aware of its existence with three used examples in the Bromfield collection, which was bequeathed to the Western Australia Museum in 1963. The only imperforate between stamp and margin error of the Federal period of Western Australia. In fact, there are only three variants of this available from the entire issues of the colony.

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Starting price
£600