Lot# 20047 - Auction 298-307

1856: Essay for proposed New South Wales 2 d. value printed in deep blue on thin wove watermarked double lined '2' paper, showing proposed engine turning partially complete at sides, similar to the adopted Victoria issue of 1856. Just six recorded examples of which two are in the Tapling collection at the British Library and a further example is housed in the collection of His Majesty King Charles III. Extremely rare.rnProvenance: Collection Julius Beresford, RL, London, 24 March 1984, lot 122.