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Auction: 3007 - Australia and Pacific Islands from the Estate of the Late William Frazer
Lot: 412

Watermark vertical, 1/- black and orange on thin paper, a lower left corner block of four with all four stamp showing variety overprint double, one diagonal, the upper left stamp additionally showing variety inverted "d" for "p", each neatly cancelled with Port Moresby c.d.s. Very fine and the unique positional multiple of this very rare stamp of which only eleven exist in this form. Croaker rated this as the rarest of all the overprint varieties. Sc. 25a; S.G. 44b, £16,000. (WF). Photo Estimate £ 10,000-12,000

Sold for
£19,000