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

The following stamps were used as illustrations in T. Debney's article "The First Stamps of Western Australia" in the Collectors Club of New York, Volume 70, number 1 of January-February, 1991, pages 12-26. Viewers are welcome to peruse this important article when viewing at Corinphila's offices. It should also be pointed out that most of the unused stamps in this section have the gum washed off to protect the stamps from tropicalisation from the originally applied gum.

1854 (Aug 1): Lithographed 4 d. pale blue, wmk. Swan sideways, an unused horizontal pair from the top left corner of the sheet, of fresh colour, large even margins all round (Row 1, stamp 1-2, Pane A, position 1-2) and showing parts of the marginal watermark lines: Stamp 1 of pane A alone has a white dot between "R" and "A" of AUSTRALIA; stamp 2 shows two small projections above "O" of POSTAGE and a bulge in the top left corner, this is found in all four panes on positions 2, 7, 12 and 17, some minor wrinkles but of very fresh and fine appearance Gi = £ 750+.