Australia #378 (SG#359a) One Pound Purple George Bass, 1963-1966 Definitive Issue, A VF Used Example of the White Paper

A well centered and very fine used example of the white paper printing of the 1 pound purple George Bass stamp from the 1963-1966 definitive issue. 

The white papers were introduced toward the end of 1963, and so the majority of the printings of the 10/-, 1 pound and 2 pound were on the cream paper. 

Gibbons lists this stamp at 30 pounds (approx. $60) for VF used. The stamp offered here grades 75 as follows:

Centering/Margins 40/60 

Paper freshness: 5/5

Colour: 5/5

Impression: 5/5

Absence of visible paper flaws: 5/5

Perforations: 5/10 (one bent perf at top)

Cancellation: 10/10