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Lot# 20548 - Auction 298-307

  • Lot# : 20548 Australia

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    1914: Plate Proof for the unissued George V 2 d., imperforate on unwatermarked white wove paper, superb almost minimalist design engraved in British 'racing' green, and a stamp that George V would undoubtedly have approved of. A wonderful and famous Proof, formerly a marginal pair, this example being separated from the pair (ex collection R. T. P. Chapman) the marginalö example is now housed in the Australia Post Archival Collection. Unique in private hands BW 61PP1 = $ 27'500.rnProvenance: Collection Thomas E. Field, Harmers, London, 15-16 Sept 1948, lot 282, as a pair. sale cancelled, sold intactrn                     intact  to Kilfoyle; Collection J. A. Kilfoyle, Harmers, London, 16-17 Oct 1961, lot 348, as a pair; Spink, London, 25 Nov 2015.
    Starting bid : 15,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 17,000 CHF