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Lot# 10350 - Auction 291-297

  • Lot# : 10350 Victoria

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    Queen on Throne 1854/56: 'Queen on Throne' Perkins Bacon sunken Die Proof (61 x 74 mm.), similar to the central vignette of the 1 d. value, with VICTORIA inscribed on lower step and laurel leaf surround, printed in black on thick paper. The design was based on a watercolour drawing by Edward Henry Corbould. Scarce and most appealing, almost identical to the Die Proof offered (lot 2068) in the first Purves sale. Rare.rnProvenance: Collection Rod Perry, DF, Zurich, 23-25 May 1988, lot 1111; Collection "Besanҫon", Corinphila sale 223, Zurich, 31 May 2018, lot 3434.
    Starting bid : 1,500.00 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold