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Auction: 24030 - Stamps and Covers of the World
Lot: 3127

(x) Australian Colonies
South Australia

1906-12 Thick "postage", 3d. sage-green horizontal pair, variety imperforate between", clearly cancelled by "jamestown/s.a." squared-circle datestamp (6.5.1907); folded between and light paper crease towards foot not affecting appearance, fine. Extremely rare, only two pairs recorded, the other being in the Vickery Collection in Sydney. S.G. 298a, £5,500. Photo

provenance:
Colonel Harry Napier
J.R.W. Purves
Harry Lower, May 2024

Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.

Sold for
£4,000