Lot 217
 | [ E ] | AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH - 1901-12 ESSAYS [ View this Category ]
Estimate: $2,750 | Starting Price: $2,100 |
1911 Stamp Design Competition: 1d pen-and-ink essay on card (69mm x 55mm) featuring the Australian Coat-of-arms by 'BE UNITED', the pseudonym of Maximilan Tannenberg. He submitted four different pen-and-ink essays, of which this is numbered 'III'. With stamp-size photographic reproduction as stipulated by the competition rules. Small mark at left side of no consequence, and unquestionably one of the most attractive of the 1911 competition entries. BW E67, cat AU$5000
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