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Jun 13, 2009<br />

<strong>Prestige</strong> <strong>Philately</strong> - <strong>Auction</strong> <strong>No</strong> <strong>145</strong> Page: 57<br />

VICTORIA - 1850-59 "Half-Lengths" (continued)<br />

Lot Type Grading Description Est $A<br />

Lot 141<br />

Lot 142<br />

141 W A - 3d deep blue SG 31c, margins large to huge, Cat £1100. Ex Pack & Dale-Lichtenstein. Rodney Perry<br />

Certificate (2009). [Superior to Gary Diffen's example that sold for £900 at auction in 2007]<br />

142 G A/A+ - 3d deep blue SG 31c horizontal strip of 3, margins close to huge with fragments of the three units at<br />

the base, the superb right-hand unit with Diagonal Blue Lines across the Queen's Throat, light Barred<br />

Numeral cancels, Cat £135++. An unusual printing flaw. Ex Harvey & Perry. Rodney Perry Certificate<br />

(2009). [Significantly superior to Gary Diffen's strip of 4 that sold for £2530 at auction in 2007]<br />

1,500<br />

500<br />

143 G A<br />

VICTORIA<br />

Lot 143<br />

1859 Perf 12 by Robinson: 3d blue SG 78 horizontal pair, the left-hand unit being an unusually large<br />

example, bold Barred Numeral '1' of Melbourne, Cat £260+. Ex Perry. Rodney Perry Certificate (2009)<br />

states "Multiples are very scarce, and rare in such quality".<br />

- Other Issues<br />

500<br />

144 G A+<br />

Lot 144<br />

1852-56 Queen on Throne Campbell & Co Stone 5 2d purple-brown as SG 19 position 32 [G - M] but<br />

Substituted in Position 42 in the Bottom Row, margins large to huge, fine Barred Oval '2' cancellation<br />

of Geelong. Superb! RSofV Certificate (2008). [Kellow at page 74 states that the lower-left block of 4<br />

[FL - GM/QV - RW] was damaged,and substituted with a new transfer comprising [VZ - WA/FL - GM].<br />

While most striking in abnormal pairs, he states also that "Examples of [41] & [42] with base margin are<br />

abnormal"]<br />

1,800 T<br />

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