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Auction: 19013 - The Arthur Gray Collection of Australia Queen Elizabeth II Decimal Issues
Lot: 102

(x) 1969 (Sept.) Primary Industries 15c. lower left corner vertical strip of five with interpanneau margin at top, the bottom two with black ("Australia" and value) omitted, fine unmounted mint. BW 504ca, $4,000. S.G. 441a, £3,400+. Photo

Note: The missing black results in the loss of country inscription and denomination. Two consecutive sheets were affected. The first, purchased at Wagga Wagga (NSW) post office, lacked black from the bottom two rows of a lower pane. The second sheet, also thought to originate from Wagga Wagga, had black missing from the top three rows of an upper plate.

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Sold for
£850