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Lot# 10029 - Auction 291-297

  • Lot# : 10029 New South Wales

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    1851 (July): Laureated 2 d. Prussian blue on bluish medium wove paper, Plate III re-engraved by Henry Jervis, an unused block of four, marginal from base of sheet, positions 37-38 / 47-48, of excellent fresh colour, slight divot in right margin alongside position 48 but not touching the design and of no great significance as this is the largest recorded unused multiple. Some minor aging on reverse, superb large part og. An important and most attractive multiple, Cert. BPA (2012).rnProvenance: Collection Ferrari de la Rentière, Gilbert, Paris, Sale X, 18-20 June 1924, lot 298; Collection Charles Lathrop Pack, Harmer Rooke, New York, 6-8 and 13-15 Dec 1944, lot 1194; Collection Dale-Lichtenstein, Harmers, New York, 14 May 1990, lot 79; Collection "Carrington", Millenium, Melbourne, 7 Nov 2012, lot 380.
    Starting bid : 4,000.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 14,000.00 CHF