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Auction: 9037 - The "Pierron" Collection of British Commonwealth Missing Colours
Lot: 1033

Australia 1966-73 Decimal Currency 30c. Straw-Necked Ibis marginal strip of four, the first stamp with red omitted, fine. Extremely rare. Pierron AU794MCa, £2,500; BW 459ca; S.G. 397a, £2,250. Photo Estimate £ 1,200-1,500 Note: The error, which affects the bird´s legs and wing feathers, came from the first column of a sheet (number 002146). Just the top seven stamps were affected with the remaining three showing traces of the colour. quantity: 7 mint provenance: Sir Gawaine Baillie, July 2005

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