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Lot# 10578 - Auction 291-297

  • Lot# : 10578 Australia

    Third Watermark 1916/26: Kangaroo £ 1 chestnut & blue, Die II, third narrow Crown over A wmk., perf. 12, an unused block of four, marginal at top from left pane, variety "Inverted Watermark", centred slightly to right but of lovely colour, top two stamps showing "Short Spencer's Gulf" flaw (L5-L6) lower stamps showing "White Flaw to left of Eyre Peninsula" and "Broken Tail to Kangaroo" (L11-L12); large part og. with the two right hand stamps unmounted og. An exceptional and very rare multiple in the foremost quality, mentioned in Brusden White under note 3 on page 150. A stunning multiple BW 52Ba = $ 45'000+.rnProvenance: Collection Thomas E. Field, Harmers, London, 15-16 Sept 1948, lot 293. Sale cancelled, sold intact to Kilfoyle; Collection J. A. Kilfoyle, Harmers, 16-17 Oct 1961, lot 220; Collection Stuart Hardy, Phoenix, Melbourne, 9 May 2013, lot 443; Collection 'Lionheart', Mossgreen, Melbourne, 25 Feb 2016, lot 27.
    Starting bid : 10,000.00 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold