Auction #133 - Public Auction

4, 4 var (78, 78a) 1915-16 6d ultramarine Kangaroo of Australia, Die I, wmkd Upright Wide Crown and Wide A (SG Type W 2), overprinted "N. W. PACIFIC ISLANDS." SG Type 6a-c in bottom row horizontal strip of six (pos 25-30) displaying transfer pair a-c (pos 25-26) and transfer pair b-c (pos 29-30 of the third setting), pos 30 with the major flaw "RETOUCHED "E" in "PENCE" and displaying forked "C" in "PACIFIC", only 16 examples of this flaw were overprinted, this horizontal strip of six is probably unique as the only larger multiple recorded is a complete overprinted form of 30, this is positions 55-60 from the Australia pane with remarkably nice perforations as margins from three sides of the strip which were removed before overprinting, a fresh bright unique strip of six, OG, HR, SUPERB