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Lot# 30603 - Auction 309-320

  • Lot# : 30603 Australia

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    Single Watermark 1918/25: Sideface 1½ d. red, wmk. Single Crown over A, perf. 14, an extraordinary unused horizontal pair, marginal at base, the first stamp on "Unsurfaced Paper", the stamp alongside in a normal rich shade, the margin at base with an additional row of horizontal perforations with pre-printing diagonal crease in left margin (this continued as a paper ffold through the adjoining stamp - see Arthur Gray, lot 163), fresh and very fine, large part og. The lot accompanied by a 1956 article taken from 'Philately from Australia' which states "unlike most freaks this item has considerable technical interest". Unque. Cert. Ceremuga (2004) BW89ad = $ 8'000. rnrnProvenance: Collection Arthur Gray, Mossgreen, 30 Oct 2015, lot 164.
    Starting bid : 3,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 3,000 CHF