Auction 321 - 332 Australian States & Commonwealth of Australia, St. Helena, Basutoland, Bechuanaland, Swaziland, Brazil 1843 –1870 - Day 1

Recess by De La Rue 1863: 1 d. on 6 d. in lake, imperforate, wmk. Crown CC, variety "ONE PENNY surcharge Omitted", an unused example of the famous "6d. lake" with large even margins all round, fresh rich colour, large part og. A magnificent example of this great rarity - whilst twelve examples should exist as the surcharging form (4 rows of twelve impressions) missed the lower horizontal row of the sheet, leaving this variety, the error also caused the variety on the row above: leaving the Surcharge doubled (Gi 3a). An outstanding example of this error, only recorded unused, just 6 examples have so far been recorded, one defective ex Lars Amundsen another example is housed in the collection of His Majesty King Charles III. Cert. RPSL (1968) Gi = £ 21'000.rnrnProvenance: William 'Bill' Frazer; Harmers, London, 19 May 1982, lot 1121.