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Auction: 9037 - The "Pierron" Collection of British Commonwealth Missing Colours
Lot: 1113

Australia Norfolk Island 1997 (28 Mar.) Butterflies 75c., an interpanneau plate number vertical strip of ten from the right of the sheet with gold omitted on the top three stamps of the upper pane and all the stamps on the lower pane, fine. A very rare positional piece. Pierron NF1272MCa, £3,400; unlisted in S.G. Photo Estimate £ 1,500-1,800 Note: The missing gold results in the loss of the die-stamped country name and denomination; an albino impression of the die-stamp remains. Two sheets were discovered with the error. The first appeared on the market in 1999 while the second only surfaced in September 2005. The error occurred due to several sheets sticking together during the gold printing process as rows four and five of the upper pane of both sheets show evidence of being stuck to the underside of another sheet. Due to plate numbers and traffic lights appearing four times on each sheet, a total of eight positional pieces with gold missing are known. quantity: 100 mint (16 damaged)

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£1,400