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Auction: 9037 - The "Pierron" Collection of British Commonwealth Missing Colours
Lot: 1041

Australia 1969 (19 Sept.) Primary Industries 15c. vertical pair, the upper stamp with black ("Australia" and value) omitted, fine. Pierron AU882MCa, £1,400+; BW 504c; S.G. 441a, £1,400+. Photo Estimate £ 600-800 Note: The missing black results in the loss of country inscription and denomination. Two consecutive sheets were affected. The first, purchased at the Wagga Wagga post office in New South Wales, lacked black from the two bottom rows of a lower pane. The second sheet, also thought to originate from Wagga Wagga, had black missing from the top three rows of an upper pane. quantity circa 45 mint, some used provenance: Sir Gawaine Baillie, July 2005

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