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Lot# 30042 - Auction 309-320

  • Lot# : 30042 New South Wales

    Diadem Issue 1856: Perkins Bacon Trial Proof, an imperforate block of four (from a vertical format block of six) for the small Diadem issue with POSTAGE and Duty Plate blank and waxed void lower left corners, printed in brownish vermilion on unwatermarked greyish wove paper; fresh and very fine. Most attractive and scarce.rnrnProvenance: Collection John S. White, Spink, London, 22 May 1997, lot 342; Collection Sir Gawaine Baillie, Sotheby's, Melbourne, 13-15 July 2005, lot 845.rn                    
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold