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Auction: 22025 - Stamps and Covers of the World
Lot: 70

Australian Colonies
Victoria

The Don Davies, FRPSL, International Gold Medal Collection of Emblem Issues
1857 (26 Jan. - 6 Sept.) Calvert, Watermark Large Star, Imperforate
4d. dull red showing at top inverted impressions of two other stamps, indistinctly cancelled, some small faults. The only recorded example. S.G. 41. Photo

Note: The printing forme contained 120 electros, the complete sheet of "star" watermark paper was of double size containing 240 watermarks. It was fed into the press and one impression taken from the forme, then turned around and fed in again and the other half printed. This was of course tête-bêche in relation to the first half.

provenance:
J.R.W. Purves, October1982

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Sold for
£200