Lot 811 SOLD | [ O ] | AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH - POSTAGE DUES - BICOLOURED ISSUES - 1931-1937 C OF A WATERMARK [ View this Category ]
Estimate: $22,500 | Realised Price : $19,000 |
1931-37 C of A Watermark 1d Carmine and Yellow-green Perf 14 horizontal pair error 'Imperforate Between' cancelled 'DELIVERY ROOM/G.P.O. SYDNEY' cds, plus single stamp roughly torn on error side but showing full imperforate margin, rejoined above left stamp of pair (sharing the cds). Both pair and single are very fine, and represent a remarkable reunion, there is a line watermark down the left side. The pair represents the most important perforation error in all the postage dues, and is equally significant in all Australian Commonwealth perforation errors, illustrated in the BW catalogue at page 112. BW D114b cat AU$25,000 (with the single stamp prices at AU$2500); SG D100a, cat £17,000 |