2017-02-23 Thu

On 27th and 28th February, an auction by Mossgreen in Armadale will be offering a used example of the 20-shilling emerald postage due stamp. The newly discovered stamp is the high denomination from the 1908-09 postage due set.

The third known used example of this 20sh postage due features a crease at the top and a small pencil mark. The same stamp was sold at a 2013 Robert A. Siegel auction for $28,750. It is well centred featuring a very fine part strike of the distinctive ‘[PAR]CELS B[RANCH/GPO SYDNEY]’ cds in violet.” Bidding will start at $19,000 AUS and has an estimate of AUS$25,000.