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Auction: 19045 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 44

(x) Australia
1950-52 3½d. brown-purple horizontal pair, variety imperforate between, the left stamp with vertical crease, the right stamp with fault at foot, unmounted mint. A major rarity from the George VI reign. BW 253b, $22,500; S.G. 247a, £18,000. Photo

Note: Three examples are known which originally comprised a vertical block of six, the lower pair was damaged. The block is believed to have been a booklet pane, the omission of the perforations being caused by a paper fold.

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Sold for
£4,200

Starting price
£2100