Lot# 20095 - Auction 298-307
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Lot# : 20095 New South Wales
1899: 2 d. cobalt-blue on chalk surfaced paper, wmk. Crown over NSW, perf. 12 x 11½, an unused block of eighteen (6 x 3), corner marginal from lower left of the sheet of vibrant colour, showing "WAG" and "GPr.O/NSW" and "1897" Monograms at base, all overprinted "SPECIMEN" in black; fresh and fine, unmounted og. Rare and splendid.rnProvenance: Australia Post Archive Sale No. 2, (1986), ex lot 8; Collection John Bell, Prestige, Melbourne, 8 May 2013, ex lot 1278.rnStarting bid : 400 CHFHammer price : 480 CHF