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Auction: 20039 - The Gary Diffen Collection of Australian Colonies Errors Part 2 - Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Lot: 277

(x) Western Australia
1905-12 Watermark Crown over double-lined A
Perf. 11
9d. yellow-orange with watermark upright, some minor ink adhesions on reverse otherwise fresh and fine unmounted mint. Very rare, only two examples recorded in mint condition. Ceremuga Certificate (2009). Brusden White W52d and S.G. 157b, both unpriced. Photo

Note: This error was known to collectors in the mid 1910s where examples were acquired by H.L. White and Bromfield. It was listed by Stanley Gibbons in 1990. Only two mint examples are known from a pair discovered and divided in 2009.

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Sold for
£1,500

Starting price
£1200