Public Auction #334 - Stamps and Covers

1952 Aborigine 2/6, error wmk sideways INVERTED (crown pointing right from front of stamp), with normal for comparison. VF fresh MNH, pristine original gum. Only small number U are recorded & 1 mint example (which was offered for sale by a Melbourne dealer in 2011 for $15,000), plus there was a MNH cnr blk of 4 which has now been split & from which this stamp comes. ACSC 265a, SG 253aw cat £6000+. Important inverted wmk error & certificate can be obtained on request. In auction 294 we sold the cnr margin example from the same blk for $8150. (P)