Australia New South Wales 1867 4d pairs, SG203/4

Australia New South Wales 1867 4d pairs, SG203/4Australia New South Wales 1867 4d watermark 33, perforations 13. Three horizontal pairs with lovely shade contrast, respectively red brown, pale red brown and deep red brown, SG203 4. Brilliant mint pairs with large part original gum to full original gum. The right stamp of the first pair with fault on reverse, and the last pair with straight edge at left, nevertheless an exceptional trio and interesting philatelic display piece. The Stanley Gibbons

Robert Champion recalled those moments before her performance:

The finest quality mint example in existence of the rarer imperforate variety of the 1880 2 shilling brown

A very fine imperforate example on thin white paper

Leeward Islands 1921-32 ½d blue-green

Accompanied with a clear Friedl certificate (1979) as Scott 5b

transforming the standard for golf courses

Mounted on a brown card backing along with the date King signed (18/12/1965) and a note indicating the return post from the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) address in Atlanta Georgia

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bringing together a complex printing history during the difficulties in maintaining print supplies during World War II

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(the left pair being unmounted mint)

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