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Auction: 9037 - The "Pierron" Collection of British Commonwealth Missing Colours
Lot: 1056

Australia 1972 (2 Aug.) Rehabilitation 18c., a block of sixteen (4x4) split into two vertical strips of four and a block of eight, the bottom stamp from column two with orange completely omitted, the stamps above with the merest trace and the stamps in first and third columns with orange partially omitted, fine. Extremely rare. Pierron AU1030MCa, £4,500+; BW 587c; unlisted in S.G. Photo Estimate £ 2,000-2,500 Note: A block of stamps from the right pane of a sheet purchased from Bentleigh, Victoria had orange completely missing from two or three stamps in column two and partially missing from the remainder of the column. Most examples from column two have faint traces of orange at the top right where the denomination should be. quantity: circa 3 mint

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