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Auction: 9037 - The "Pierron" Collection of British Commonwealth Missing Colours
Lot: 1025

Australia 1965 (20 Oct.) Christmas 5d. vertical strip of five with margins at either end, showing gold omitted on the bottom stamp and partially from the stamp above, fine. Very rare. Pierron AU762MCa, £3,750+; BW 435c; S.G. 381a, £3500+. Photo Estimate £ 2,000-2,500 Note: The missing gold causes the background to appear in the black underlay and the subsequent loss of the country name and inscription. Examples originate from the bottom row of an upper pane (number 065133) purchased from a post office in a Sydney suburb. quantity: 12 mint provenance: Sir Gawaine Baillie, July 2005

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£2,300