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Inverted Swan
Country of production
Western Australia
Location of production
Perth
Date of production
January 1855
Nature of rarity
Invert error
No. in existence
15 + a partial
Face value
4-pence
Estimated value
US$37,500 - US$80,000
The Inverted Swan, a 4-pence blue postage stamp issued in 1855 by Western Australia, was one of the world's first invert errors. Technically, it is the frame that is inverted, not the image of the swan, but it has become commonly known as the Inverted Swan.[1]
In 1854, Western Australia issued its first stamps, featuring the colony's symbol, the black swan, as did all WA stamps until 1902. While the 1d black was engraved in Great Britain by Perkins Bacon, other values, including the 4d blue, were produced by Horace Samson in Perth using lithography, and with different frames around the swan design for each value.
^Rare Stamps (1927, March 15). The Telegraph (Brisbane, Qld. : 1872 - 1947), p. 3 (5 O'CLOCK CITY EDITION).
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