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  • Lot# : 30472 Western Australia

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    Lithographed 1854 (Aug 1): Swan 4 d. blue, Stone 2A, wmk. Swan sideways, imperforate, the extraordinary unused block of 100 subjects (10 x 10) from positions 51-60 / 231-240, the multiple with small marginal defect at upper right corner, otherwise with large margins all round and marginal at base of sheet and at right; positions 57, 77, 116, 120, 151, 157, 175, 176, 195, 196, 215 and 216 all showing listed Transfer varieties: position 151 and 156 being subsituted Transfers (the latter taking the place of the Inverted Frame error), with 'Tau' marking under positions 91, 96, 131, 136 and the 'Water Damage' position 120 very clear but with insignificant closed tear. A full listing of the plate varieties is supplied with the lot. Minor creasing as to be expected in a multiple of this size, not detracting from the stunning appearance of a magnificent and extraordinary multiple of the greatest importance to Western Australian and classic philately.rnProvenance: Collection H. Horsley. Stanley Gibbons Monthly Journal, March 1912; Collection P.R. England, Harmers, London, 15 Nov 1926, lot 40; Collection David Bernhard. London Philatelist, July 1928; Collection S.A. Brown. London Philatelist, Sept-Oct 1946; Stanley Gibbons Private Treaty. London Philatelist, Dec 1950; Harmers, London, Private Treaty. Sold, 1952-53 Annual Review, page 26; Collection Lord Vestey, Spink, London, 17 May 2015, lot 120; Collection Trevor Hiscock, Mossgreen, Melbourne, 11 Sept 2016, lot 119.
    Starting bid : 50,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold