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Lot# 10365 - Auction 291-297

  • Lot# : 10365 Victoria

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    Emblems 1859 (Jan-May): Emblems 1 d. yellow-green, wmk. Large Star, perforated 12 by F.W. Robinson, a used horizontal strip of three, lightly cancelled by barred numeral "5" obliterators of Ballarat in black. Illustrated in "The Stamps of Victoria" by Geoff Kellow RDP on colour plate 8. Exceptional and unique - the largest (and only) recorded multiple of this stamp. Certs. RPSV (1997), Perry (2006) Gi = £ 1'500+.rnProvenance: Collection Charles Lathrop Pack, Harmer Rooke, New York, 11-13 March 1947, lot 1287; Collection J.R.W. Purves, RL, London, 9 Sept 1981, lot 185; Collection Rod Perry, DF, Geneva, 16-21 Nov 1987, lot 20327; Rod Perry, Melbourne, 21 June 1997, lot 398; Collection Ken Barelli, Prestige, Melbourne, 2 May 2014, lot 3108.rn             
    Starting bid : 1,500.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 3,200.00 CHF