Lot 30778 – THE UNIQUE UNUSED RARITY: 1850-51 3d MYRTLE GREEN on soft yellowish paper, unused
Lot 30778 – THE UNIQUE UNUSED RARITY: 1850-51 3d MYRTLE GREEN on soft yellowish paper, unused
Lot 30778 – THE UNIQUE UNUSED RARITY: 1850-51 3d MYRTLE GREEN on soft yellowish paper, unused
Australia » New South Wales
Price realised
32’000 GBP
Estimate
5’000 – 8’000 GBP
Auction date
Wed 1 Jul 2020 at 12:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description
THE UNIQUE UNUSED RARITY
1850-51 3d MYRTLE GREEN on soft yellowish wove paper, unused without gum, clear to large margins, position 8, a great rarity of NSW as this is the only known unused example of this distinctive shade from the first printing (SG 24’000)
Provenance: “Espana” and Frankenstein
Expertise: Cert. RPS (1959)
Catalogue ref: SG 40
Auction
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