Lot 2302
 
2d blue, intermediate wear (SG 113 var.), block of six, bright color, original gum, fresh and crisp, Fine to Very Fine. Campbell Paterson A2m(1).
Estimate 5,000 - 7,500
AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE MULTIPLE OF THIS ELUSIVE PERFORATION VARIETY— NOT PRICED UNUSED BY CAMPBELL-PATTERSON.
Expertization: signed Holcombe, 2006 Odenweller Certificate.
The 2d plate I stamps with government gauge 12½ perforations displaying intermediate plate wear were made by perforating small leftover supplies of the imperforate stamps. According to an article published in the London Philatelist, Robert Odenweller has postulated that these were a trial use of the new perforating machine when it first arrived, and applied to unused sheets of the Large Star watermark paper that had been held as reference by the Colonial Secretary or a similar office, and then either put aside or eventually working into being issued.
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| Realized $9,500 |
