Auction 333-341 Western Australia & Great Britain - Day 3

1854 (Aug 1): Lithographed 4 d. pale blue, wmk. Swan sideways, an unused horizontal "Cross Pane" pair with good to large even margins all round, (Row 8, stamp 5, Pane A and Row 8, stamp 6, Pane B, positions 145-146) first stamp 'normal' from Pane A, second stamp the Substituted Transfer for the Inverted Frame, showing a coloured line above "AGE" of POSTAGE at top remaining from the Inverted stereo. Without gum, trivial ageing but nevertheless fine and an extremely rare multiple Gi = £ 4'000+.
Provenance: Collection "Austin" (John DuPont), Stanley Gibbons, London, 9 May 1985, lot  48.