Auction No. 21 Saturday, 7 October 2017 / 2:00 pm start
2016 "Adelaide 2016" imprinted Counter Printed ...
Estimate $1,200
Lot Details
2016 "Adelaide 2016" imprinted Counter Printed Stamps set of 6 kangaroo & koala design from the Adelaide machine used to cover the short supply in 30c stamps after the postage rate increase from 70c to $1 on 4th January 2016. These were distributed only to some suburban post offices in Adelaide & were on issue for only a few days, pending the arrival of regular 30c crocodile issue. No publicity for or notification of the issue was given & no examples were provided to the Philatelic Bureau standing order customers hence their scarcity. Required to complete Seven Seas Hingeless Pages & now listed by Stanley Gibbons. Renniks cat. $4500 (see plate 7)
