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Lot# 20549 - Auction 298-307

  • Lot# : 20549 Australia

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    Unissued / Colour Trials of King George V and Swan 1914 (July): 2 d. purple-black Colour Trial, line perforated 11, on white unwatermarked gummed paper and Colour Trial of the 1 s. value in brown-purple with Swan vignette, line perforated 11, on white unwatermarked gummed paper; the iconic and unique examples in private hands designed by R. A. Harrison and engraved by T. S. Harrison, each fresh and very fine with large part og. Brusden White explanation on page 3/18 fully explains the reasons behind the issue but not its abandonment, but possibly this was due to the advent of the First World War and cost-cutting. Magnificent and extremely rare, without doubt the premier items of Australian Commonwealth philately. Certs. SPRS (2015) BW 61PP(2)A + 62PP(1)A = $ 250'000.rnProvenance: Estate of Agar Wynne, Postmaster General June 1913-September 1914; Collection Franklin Burdett (1938); Collection Jack Cato (1950); Collection Herbert McNess, Harmers, Sydney, 21-22 June 1979, lot 147; Collection Les King (1979); Collection Arthur Gray, Mossgreen, Melbourne, 30 Oct 2015, lots 18 and 19; Spink, London, 23 May 2018 by Private Treaty.
    Starting bid : 50,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 60,000 CHF