Sale 1076 — The Daniel H. and Marcel V. Collection of Birds of the World
Sale Date — Thursday, 26 June, 2014
Category — Western Australia
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
2217
WESTERN AUSTRALIA, 1879, 2p Lilac, Error of Color (31a; SG 55b). Large part original gum, uncharacteristically well-centered, attractive colorVERY FINE. AN EXTRAORDINARILY RARE ERROR OF COLOR THAT IS SELDOM OFFERED IN SUCH PREMIUM ORIGINAL-GUM CONDITION.
A desirable error and one of the rarest errors of the Australian States that is often missing in even the most advanced British Commonwealth collections, not to mention it being a key stamp stamp for the topical bird collector.
Nearly all unused examples are without gum, having come from a half sheet of 60 that was purchased by Stanley Gibbons in 1879. There were also a tiny number with original gum that emanated from a different source (possibly the rest of the sheet), where all of the used examples also came from.
With 1977 R.P.S. certificate
20,000
11,500