Lot #70 HALFPENNY GREEN COMB PERF: ½d green horizontal pair [42-43] the first unit with Thin Fraction BW #63(5)m (SG 20d), well centred, rounded corner at upper-left and a little toned, Cat $35,000 (£19,000). Ex Dr Leslie Abramovich and Charles Zuker. One of the most highly regarded varieties of the Georgian Heads series. The ACSC states "It occurs on Single Watermark paper only on the rare May 1918 printing. Five mint examples including in a block of 6 & in three pairs

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HALFPENNY GREEN COMB PERF: ½d green horizontal pair [42-43] the first unit with Thin Fraction BW #63(5)m (SG 20d), well centred, rounded corner at upper-left and a little toned, Cat $35,000 (£19,000). Ex Dr Leslie Abramovich and Charles Zuker. One of the most highly regarded varieties of the Georgian Heads series. The ACSC states "It occurs on Single Watermark paper only on the rare May 1918 printing. Five mint examples including in a block of 6 & in three pairs (one of which is in the Australia Post Archives) are recorded".

[Julian Sterling's very fine example sold for $28,060. The fine "Pericles" pair sold for $23,850] [** Thanks to Richard Guy for pointing out that the sheet positions are 43-44 **]