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Lot# 20185 - Auction 298-307

  • Lot# : 20185 South Australia

    Recess by Perkins Bacon 1855: Perkins Bacon 2 d., Plate 2, an imperforate Plate Proof in a horizontal strip of five, large margins all round and sheet marginal at right, printed in dull carmine-lake on unwatermarked, ungummed wove paper. Creased in margin and between third and fourth stamp, third stamp with unobtrusive pinhole in upper right corner square, a most attractive multiple.rnProvenance: Collection Michael Blake, Prestige, Melbourne, 7 Feb 2014, lot 1030.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,300 CHF