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Lot# 20718 - Auction 298-307

  • Lot# : 20718 Australia

    Postage Dues, Typographed at NSW Printing Office, Sydney 1903 (Oct): Postage Due Numeral 20 s. dull green, wmk. Crown over NSW, perf. 11, a commercially used example lightly cancelled by "GPO Sydney / Parcels Branch" cds struck in violet, some peripheral perf. tones at top but a most elusive and very rare stamp, the SG price is for a cancelled to order example Gi = £ 2'500 / BW 44 = $ 7'500.rnProvenance: Premier, Melbourne, 25 Jan 2003, lot 174.
    Starting bid : 1,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,700 CHF