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Lot# 20443 - Auction 298-307

  • Lot# : 20443 Victoria

    1901: Edward VII Die Proof for the £ 2 value, printed in carmine-pink on medium-thick wove paper (53 x 75 mm.), 2nd State of the Die, some minor soiling not affecting the exceptional appearance of a very rare Proof.rnProvenance: The estate of Samuel Reading, engraver to the Stamp Printing Office; Collection J.R.W. Purves; Collection Rod Perry; Prestige, Melbourne, 14 May 2005, lot 180; Prestige, Melbourne, 7 Dec 2012. lot 770.rn 
    Starting bid : 3,500 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold