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Lot# 20418 - Auction 298-307

  • Lot# : 20418 Victoria

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    Stamp Duty 1884: Stamp Duty, the original Essay for the £ 6 value hand-painted in bright ultramarine and deep ultramarine, picked out in Chinese white and with perforations in pencil at all four sides, on thick card (76 x 92 mm.) with 'JL' in tablet at top. Illustrated in "The Stamps of Victoria" by Geoff Kellow RDP on colour plate 14. A rare and splendid Essay of great beauty.rnProvenance: Collection J.R.W. Purves, RL, Geneva, 27 Nov 1980, lot 2260; Collection Rod Perry. Zurich, 4-11 Dec 1988, lot 31187; Collection Francis Kiddle, Leski, Melbourne, 9 May 2005, lot 465; Collection Richard Stevenson, Spink, London, 6 April 2006, lot 1372; Prestige, Melbourne, 15 Aug 2014, lot 572.rn                       
    Starting bid : 2,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,500 CHF