Losnr. 20548 - 298.-307. Auktion
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Losnr. : 20548 Australien
1914: Plate Proof for the unissued George V 2 d., imperforate on unwatermarked white wove paper, superb almost minimalist design engraved in British 'racing' green, and a stamp that George V would undoubtedly have approved of. A wonderful and famous Proof, formerly a marginal pair, this example being separated from the pair (ex collection R. T. P. Chapman) the marginalö example is now housed in the Australia Post Archival Collection. Unique in private hands BW 61PP1 = $ 27'500.rnProvenance: Collection Thomas E. Field, Harmers, London, 15-16 Sept 1948, lot 282, as a pair. sale cancelled, sold intactrn intact to Kilfoyle; Collection J. A. Kilfoyle, Harmers, London, 16-17 Oct 1961, lot 348, as a pair; Spink, London, 25 Nov 2015.Ausruf : 15.000 CHFZuschlag : 17.000 CHF