AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH, KING GEORGE V ISSUES, PROOFS

Lot 170		Estimate: $12,500 Realised Price : $13,000 1d Perkins, Bacon & Co. State 1 Die Proof - 'Head on solid background' (95x125mm) in Black on thin white glazed card, endorsed '1st Stage', BW 70DP(11)Ba, reverse with hinge marks and cachet Two recorded
Lot 171		Estimate: $12,500 Realised Price : $9,500 1d Perkins, Bacon and Co. State 2 Die Proof - 'Head on lined background. The King's nose has been improved and the hair is lightened' (125x95mm) in Black on thin white glazed card, no endorsements, BW 70DP(12)Ac Four recorded
Lot 172		Estimate: $15,000 Realised Price : $11,500 1d Perkins Bacon and Co. State 4 Die Proof - 'Approved die, shading added to wattles, emu's neck and feathers re-engraved' (125x90mm) in Black on thin white glazed card, endorsed '4th State' by James Heath, BW 70DP(12)Ab, cachet on reverse, minor crease at left Unique
Lot 173		Estimate: $10,000 Realised Price : $12,500 1d Perkins, Bacon and Co. State 4 Die Proof - 'Approved die, shading added to wattles, emu's neck and feathers re-engraved' stamp-size in Green affixed to full-size (88x105mm) thin glazed card, BW 70DP(14)D Four recorded, this being the only example we have seen on full size card
Lot 174		Estimate: $1,000 Realised Price : $850 1d Imperforate Plate Proof pairs on thin white glazed card in Black, Carmine-Rose and Mauve, the latter two marginal (3 pairs)