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Lot# 20624 - Auction 298-307

  • Lot# : 20624 Australia

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    1930: Essay for proposed 2 s. value "HMS Endeavour", hand-painted in shades of pale and deep green without frame, POSTAGE and 2s. and AUSTRALIA in bottle green and the Sails picked out in Chinese white on thick card (228 x 184 mm.). Superb Essay by R. A. Harrison, designer of the Parliament House, 3 d. Airmail and Sydney Harbour Bridge issues amongst others. Sold with a copy of "The Harrisons of Waterlow" by Robson Lowe with this Essay illustrated on the cover of the monograph.rnProvenance: R. A. Harrison estate, RL Australia, 26 Feb 1970, lot 156; Harmers, London, 2 March 1995, lot 4; Collection Sir Gawaine Baillie, Sotheby's, Melbourne, 13-15 July 2005, lot 590; Prestige, Melbourne, 26 Nov  2005, lot 190.
    Starting bid : 2,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 3,000 CHF