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Auction: 21019 - Important Stamps and Covers of the World
Lot: 243

(x) Western Australia
1893 (Feb.) "one penny" on 3d. cinnamon, error surcharge omitted in a vertical pair, unused with large part original gum, perfs trimmed at top and at foot. Although difficult to conclusively confirm as an error, all the other recorded examples exhibit the same characteristics. Unlisted by Stanley Gibbons. S.G. 108. Photo

Note: This error was first recorded in the "Australian Philatelist" in June 1913. Two examples are recorded of this error in mint condition, whilst the Royal collection has a pair used on piece.

provenance:
Cecil Walkley, April 2005

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