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Auction: 9037 - The "Pierron" Collection of British Commonwealth Missing Colours
Lot: 1029

Australia 1966-73 Decimal Currency 5c. Yellow-Tailed Thornbill marginal horizontal pair, the left stamp with brown (plumage) omitted, fine. Very rare. Pierron AU772MCa, £3,000+; BW 448ca; S.G. 386a, £2500+. Photo Estimate £ 1,500-1,800 Note: Four printings with acknowledged shade differences exist, however it is thought all examples of the error came from the first printing. A sheet (number 046385) with the first column missing brown and the second partially so was sold in Sydney in late 1966. Examples also exist from another sheet. quantity: circa 25 mint, 1 used

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£2,000