Lot 596
 | [ P ] | AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH - QUEEN ELIZABETH II ISSUES [ View this Category ]
Estimate: $3,500 | Purchase Price : $3,146 |
1953 Produce Food 3d and 3½d se-tenant strips of 3 presentation 'die proofs' in issued colours (actually imperforate stamps) in sunken mounts, with Note Printing cachets on reverse endorsed '6/23-1-53' (presented to Sir Daryl Lindsay of the Stamp Advisory Committee). Eight pairs of die proofs were prepared, one pair of which is in the Royal Philatelic Collection. A few tone spots on 3d Beef, otherwise fresh and superb and a rarely offered set. BW 287/8/9DP(1) and 290/1/2/DP(1), cat AU$18000 (2)
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