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Lot# 30544 - Auction 309-320

  • Lot# : 30544 Australia

    Engraved by T.S. Harrison 1914 (Aug 26): Kookaburra 6 d. claret, no wmk., perf. 11, an unused block of four, marginal from top of sheet with part imprints, Plate "No. 3", with variety "Double Perforations" at top, fresh and fine, upper pair unmounted og. lower pair large part og. Rare, Brusden White states: "the only Plate Number block recorded is from Plate 3". Unique. BW 60b = $ 400++.rnProvenance: Collection Sir Gawaine Baillie, Sotheby's, Melbourne, 13-15 July 2005, lot 335.rnrn 
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,300 CHF