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    MARKET INSIGHT

    Jun 11, 2021 5 minutes

    AUCTION HIGHLIGHTS

    Spink’s recent Important Stamps and Covers of the World sale featured a range of New South Wales stamps, including this 2d pale blue from the 1854-63 Diadem Issue, which is only one of two examples recorded imperforate, the other being in the Royal Philatelic Collection. With watermark ‘1’, and mainly good to large margins, the stamp was described as being ‘extremely rare’ and it was noted that ‘the first report of this error was in the London Philatelist in May 1892 by M.P. Castle, the famous London collector. His example was bought by King George V in 1929 and is now in the Royal Collection.’

    SOLD FOR £4,200

    Modern commemorative errors are not currently at their highest levels according to Grosvenor Philatelic Auctions, who have a long tradition of offering

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