Lot 711
| [ * ] | AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH - POSTAGE DUES - BICOLOURED ISSUES - 1909-1910 WMK CROWN OVER A THICK PAPER [ View this Category ]
Estimate: $35,000 | Purchase Price : $31,455 |
1909-10 Watermark Crown over Double-lined A Thick Paper 6d Rose-red and Green Perf 11, fine mint with part OG (gum thin from previous hinge). This stamp is widely considered to be the most important Australian postage due stamp, being the sole recorded mint example and thus essential for the completion of any mint Australian Commonwealth collection. (Three used examples exist, two of which are pen-cancelled and in the Royal Philatelic Collection). A rare opportunity to acquire Australia's rarest mint stamp, with 1993 RPSV Certitficate. BW D87 cat AU$60,000, SG D75 cat £30,000 |