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Lot# 20036 - Auction 298-307

  • Lot# : 20036 New South Wales

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    1854 (Jan-March): 1 d. orange-vermilion on yellowish wove paper, wmk. '1', the used block of fourteen (7 x 2) with touched to large margins all round, positions 34-40 / 44-50, of fine fresh colour and appearance, one pair with vertical crease and closed tear affects position 37, indistinctly cancelled in black. Faults are insignificant on a splendid and rare multiple of great importance: the largest recorded.rnProvenance: Collection M.P. Castle (1915). Reference London Philatelist, Dec 1915, page 268; Collection George Ginger, RL, London, 5-6 Dec 1945, lot 463; RL, London, 30 April 1958, lot 368; Wolffers, San Francisco, 4-6 Dec 1985, lot 1434; Collection "Manwood", Siegel, New York, 8 Nov 1995, lot 4453; Spink, London, 16 July 1998, lot 605; Prestige, Melbourne, 27 Aug 2005, lot 339.rn                    
    Starting bid : 1,200 CHF
    Hammer price : 6,000 CHF