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Lot# 10611 - Auction 291-297

  • Lot# : 10611 Australia

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    1927: Opening of Canberra Parliament House, 1½ d. brownish-lake, perf. 11, an unused block of six (3 x 2), with variety "Imperforate between Stamp and Margin", fresh and extremely fine, large part og. with lower strip unmounted og. Extremely rare, this block illustrated in Brusden White on page 5/8. Just one sheet found with this variety leaving just 8 possible stripes of three, one (ex the R. T. P. Chapman collection) is housed in the Australia Post Archival Collection, another resides in the collection of His Majesty King Charles III. Just two blocks known BW 132bb = $ 20'000.rnProvenance: Collection Alex Hick, P. J. Downie, Melbourne, 26 Nov 1987, lot 873; Collection Arthur Gray, Mossgreen, Melblourne, 30 Oct 2015, lot 380.
    Starting bid : 8,500.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 17,000.00 CHF