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Lot# 3326 - Auction 222-226

  • Lot# : 3326 Tasmania

    1867: Die Proof for the 6 d. value in Royal Purple, struck by De La Rue pulled from the original Perkins Bacon Die, on thick card, 55 x 95 mm., prepared for the Paris Exhibition. Superb, beautiful and rare.rnrnProvenance: Collection Sebastian Earl, RL, Geneva, 25 April 1980, lot 2208.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,200 CHF