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Lot# 10608 - Auction 291-297

  • Lot# : 10608 Australia

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    1930/31: 2 d. golden scarlet, wmk. Multiple Crown over A, perf. 13½ x 12½, the unused horizontal pair, variety "tête-bêche", of wonderful fresh colour, tiny piece of the gummed paper strip used to secure the pair within the £1 Booklet where it was originally found in 1931 on large part og. The pair is sold with the formal Statutory Declaration dated May 10, 1931 made by the finder, Stanley William George of Malvern, whereupon he states the stamps "were purchased in the ordinary way over the counter at the Elizabeth Street Post Office, Melbourne during the first week of May 1931.....contained in a One Pound (£1) booklet of twopenny stamps and were attached to adjoining stamps on one page of the said booklet by means of gummed paper strips", thereafter reported in the 'Australian Stamp Monthly' in June, 1932. In the foremost quality, entirely unique and an extraordinary rarity of both British Commonwealth and Australian philately. Cert. BPA (1981) Scott 71a = $ 175'000/Gi = £ 200'000.rnProvenance: Stanley William George of Malvern, May 1931; Collection J.A.C. Kilfoyle, Harmers, London, 16-17 Oct 1961, lot 470. Whilst illustrated on the back cover of this famous catalogue, the pair fetched the highest price (£240) in the sale; Collection Ms. Jill Nette, Harmers, Sydney, 1971; Spink, London, 20 March 2003, lot 32
    Starting bid : 100,000.00 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold