Lot 124
 | [ C ] | AUSTRALIAN COLONIES - SOUTH AUSTRALIA - GENERAL [ View this Category ]
Estimate: $12,500 | Purchase Price : $11,068 |
1902-12 3d 'Long' Stamp, an exceptional one-frame exhibit offered intact, which includes a detailed study of the various printings on the three issues (Thin POSTAGE, Thick POSTAGE Wmk Crown over SA, and Thick POSTAGE Wmk Crown over A) with mint blocks (including sheet numbers), and OS and SA punctures. There are nine covers including combination franking with 4d and 10d 'Long' stamps, and two used from Darwin. Individual rarities include Thin POSTAGE with 'Watermark Sideways', 'Misplaced Tablets mint, mint vertical pair 'Imperforate at Right' with plate no, Thick POSTAGE Wmk Crown over A mint block of 4 with marginal wmk error 'AUSTRLAIA', and Perf 11 used. There is also additional material including Thin POSTAGE mint sheet of 60 (rare), and five further covers. A wonderful lot (144 M, 31 U, 14 covers)
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