U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
September 5-6, 2018
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #501 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AUSTRALIAN STATES - Victoria 1864 4p deep rose, perf. 12, error of watermark single-lined "8" (instead of "4"), canceled Sandhurst duplex, 7 November 1864, fine. This error is described on page 163 (illustrated on color page 11 of Geoff Kellow's "The Stamps of Victoria"). Kellow states that this stamp has been discovered in 1980, but an example of the error was first recorded in 1894 (but is know to have been irretrievably lost). Based on the postmark, it is evident that the error resulted from a sheet of "8" paper being included in the "4" consignment. An opportunity to acquire the only surviving copy of the 4p Error of Watermark "8", certainly one of the greatest rarities from Victoria, ex-Rodney Perry, Rodwell, O Catalog #SG 110ca Catalog Value £8,000 | Price Realized $4,250.00 |
