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Lot# 3298 - Auction 321-332

  • Lot# : 3298 New South Wales

    1854/59: 1 s. pale brownish-red, wmk. double lined 12, imperforate, a used block of thirty-two (8 x 4), with shaved margins all round, cancelled by 31 strikes of the oval "NSW" framed handstamp in black. Small repairs in the central vertical margin and ironed bends, however this is a major multiple for the New South Wales specialist - the single largest used multiple of any imperforate stamp of the Australian States recorded. Rare and outstanding.rnrnProvenance: Millennium, Sydney, 7 Nov 2012, lot 1052.
    Starting bid : 2,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 4,800 CHF