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Lot# 3734 - Auction 227-233

  • Lot# : 3734 Australia

    Competition Essays 1911 (May 31, closing date): Two Essays photograpically produced on printed postcards, each for proposed "1d. / One Penny" values with "1d." in six pointed star, each showing Map of Australia with "Postage", "Advance Australia" and "Commonwealth of Australia" tablets, one with Edward VII (looking singularly unhappy) as a vignette; the second with Coat of Arms over Map, each surrounded by Kangaroo and Emu. Both with spike holes in corners and each with notation on reverse "H. Grey Norris, May Terrace, Kensington Park, South Australia" in ink.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 500 CHF