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Lot# 3664 - Auction 227-233

  • Lot# : 3664 Western Australia

    1854 (Aug 1): 4 d. pale blue, an unused horizontal pair with good to large margins all round and of fresh colour, (Group C), positions 151-152 with position 151 being the replaced Transfer from an INVERTED FRAME position and showing "Line under FOU of FOUR" at base and no outer line above "GE of POSTAGE" at top. Merest trace of minute thin spot mentioned for accuracy, a wonderful and extremely rare multiple Gi = £ 3'500+.rnrnProvenance: Collection Frank Chadwick, RL, London, 18 May 1978, lot 2146.
    Starting bid : 1,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,600 CHF