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Lot# 20402 - Auction 298-307

  • Lot# : 20402 Victoria

    1867/83: 5 s. bright blue & red on glazed paper, Die II, wmk. V over Crown, perf. 12, a used block of twelve (4 x 3), first stamp with diagonal crease not affecting the fine appearance, mostly lightly cancelled in black. Mentioned in "The Stamps of Victoria" by Geoff Kellow RDP on page 183. The largest used multiple of this stamp.rnProvenance: Collection J.R.W. Purves; Rod Perry, Melbourne, 19 July 1989, lot 859; Collection Les Molnar, Prestige, Melbourne, 29 June 2012, lot 340.rn                   
    Starting bid : 850 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold