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Lot No. 1125

Auction No. 14
Category Kangaroos
    Miscellaneous
Est. $10000
Status SOLD $12100

 

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1915-28 3rd wmk 2d grey Die IIA with inverted watermark. F/U by Late Fee, Adelaide 30 SEP 18 cds. Only used examples are known & research has shown at least 3 of the 4 previously known examples have the "Late Fee - Adelaide Rwy" cancels. The fourth previously known copy was cancelled at Balaklava which is about 70km, from Adelaide. The two new examples discovered both have that same cancel & both were cancelled in late 1918 which is in the same time frame as the others known. So basically 5 of the 6 have the same cancel & all have the same 1918 usage time frame. It seems certain that there was only one sheet with wmk inverted & that it was sold through the Adelaide Railway Station. The lack of any mint examples isn't surprising as it was basically used for Late Fee payments, etc. & such a low denomination stamp wasn't that collectible back then. In any case mint stamps were normally purchased by collectors at PO's & very, very rarely at railway stations! Checking the plating in Pope, it appears to be from the left pane of Plate 3, 1 position 3L1 (Major break in the line above "C" of PENCE"). Ceremuga Cert. (2013). The ACSC ACSC8a Cat. $10,000 & SG35Daw Cat. £9,000 though the example in Prestige Auctions Sale No. 121 sold for $23,000!

 

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