Lot 353
[ Remove ] | [ P ] | AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH - KING GEORGE V SIDEFACE ISSUES - SINGLE WATERMARK - 1D RED PROOFS [ View this Category ]
Estimate: $2,000 | Starting Price: $1,500 |
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1d Deep Carmine Line Perf 14 Plate Proof on Watermark V over Crown (V5 pattern) paper normally used for Victorian fiscal stamps. Centered to top left (as are all known examples), and with portion of lower left corner missing and skilfully repaired. The purpose of this proof is unknown. Only five examples are recorded, of which a strip of 3 is in the A.A. Vickery collection in the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney. This example is the damaged copy referenced in the BW catalogue. BW 70PP(4), cat AU$15000
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