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Lot# 20442 - Auction 298-307

  • Lot# : 20442 Victoria

    1901/10: King Edward VII £ 1, an imperforate Plate Proof block of four in carmine-rose on cream, portions of two adjoining stamps at left, on ungummed unwatermarked paper, initialled on obverse "JBC / 3.5.10" by the stamp's printer, J.B. Cooke. Illustrated in "The Stamps of Victoria" by Geoff Kellow RDP on page 313. Exceptionally attractive, superb and rare.rnProvenance: Collection Henry Harvey, RL, London, 11 May 1976, lot 453; Rod Perry, Melbourne, 1 Feb 1989, ex lot 830; Rod Perry, Melbourne, 6 April 1995, lot 772.
    Starting bid : 3,500 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold