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Lot# 10514 - Auction 291-297

  • Lot# : 10514 Australia

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    First Watermark 1913: Kangaroo ½ d. green, Die I, Plate 2, first Crown over A wmk., perf. 12, an unused well centred example, marginal from base of sheet, variety "Imperforate Between Stamp and Margin", fresh and very fine, typical minor wrinkle on large part og. Very rare (just 48 examples can exist, 24 of which are in multiples and 12 of which are in the Vickery collection in the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney or the collection of His Majesty King Charles III. Most attractive. Cert. RPS of Victoria (2001) BW 1b = $ 7'500.rnProvenance: Kevin Duffy, Sydney, 29 April 1970, lot 79; Stanley Gibbons Australia, Melbourne, 21 June 1991, lot 65; Stanley Gibbons Australia, Melbourne, 9 May 1992, lot 349; Stanley Gibbons, London, 23-25 March 1993, lot 20; Premier, Melbourne, 10 Nov 2001, lot 195.
    Starting bid : 1,750.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 4,000.00 CHF