£525 For Stamp
(N Z.P. A .-Reuter— Copyright) SYDNEY, Mar. 17.
A used postage stamp was auctioned in Sydney yesterday for £s2s—the highest price ever paid in Australia for a single stamp. The stamp is one of a series issued by Germany in 1914 for use in Western Samoa when it was a German possession, and was overprinted for British use.
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Press, Volume CI, Issue 29775, 19 March 1962, Page 10
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61£525 For Stamp Press, Volume CI, Issue 29775, 19 March 1962, Page 10
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