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Auction: 9037 - The "Pierron" Collection of British Commonwealth Missing Colours
Lot: 1102

Australia — 20c. with black omitted, fine used. The only recorded example. With normal for comparison. Pierron 1430MCb, £7,500; unlisted in BW and S.G. Photo Estimate £ 3,500-4,500 Note: The so-called ´ghost train´ was spotted in 1996 after it had been floated from a cover. Much of the train and foreground grass is affected; the remaining shading (including the background to the country name and denomination) is grey-green.

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£2,000