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lot # 20170 - brit. colonies queensland
Sideface 1897/1908: Perforated Colour Trial for the proposed 9 d. value, wmk. Crown over Q, perf. 12½, an unused horizontal pair, printed in slate-purple on Crown over Q paper, deleted with black ink stripe, large part og. This pair was prepared in 1903 to comply with the new basic Telegram rate of 9 d. but rejected in favour of the uniform 9 d. brown & ultramarine proposed by Postmaster General Drake which only Queensland and New South Wales were to adopt.rnProvenance: Collection Col. Harrie Evans, Premier, Melbourne, 4 May 2002, ex lot 510.rn rnrn
Catalogue 307: Australia - The DUBOIS Collection Collection (part II)
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