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Stamps, Postal History & Picture Postcards (#130MG) Closed

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Lot 49Kangaroos - 1st Wmk - £2 black & rose-carmine Sperati Forgery BW #55c, remarkably well centred, a few nibbled perfs at left, unused with part-"o.g.", Cat $17,500. Ex Neil Russell. RPSofV Certificate (2017). [One of the great rarities among forgeries of the British Empire. The ACSC states that only two "mint" examples have been recorded & "about two dozen 'used' examples", that catalogue $7500 each] [The RPSofV has issued a clear certificate]

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Lot closed - Price Realized:$6,000
Estimate: $8,000

Stamps, Postal History & Picture Postcards (#130MG) Closed

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  • Kangaroos - 1st Wmk - £2 black & rose-carmine Sperati Forgery BW #55c, remarkably well centred, a few nibbled perfs at left, unused with part-"o.g.", Cat $17,500. Ex Neil Russell. RPSofV Certificate (2017). [One of the great rarities among forgeries of t
  • Kangaroos - 1st Wmk - £2 black & rose-carmine Sperati Forgery BW #55c, remarkably well centred, a few nibbled perfs at left, unused with part-"o.g.", Cat $17,500. Ex Neil Russell. RPSofV Certificate (2017). [One of the great rarities among forgeries of t - 2
  • Kangaroos - 1st Wmk - £2 black & rose-carmine Sperati Forgery BW #55c, remarkably well centred, a few nibbled perfs at left, unused with part-"o.g.", Cat $17,500. Ex Neil Russell. RPSofV Certificate (2017). [One of the great rarities among forgeries of t - 3