Lot# 30577 - Auction 309-320
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Lot# : 30577 Australia
Third Watermark 1918/26: Kangaroo 2 s. brown, Die II, Plate 2, third narrow Crown over A wmk., perf. 12, a used example, marginal at base from lower pane, showing "CA" Monogram, some soiling, cancelled by 'Paragundy' cds (Oct 21, 1918). Just five CA Monogram examples are recorded, an unused pair, three single examples, one of which (ex R. T. P. Chapman) is housed in the Australia Post Archival Collection and this unique used example BW 37(2)za = $ 15'000.rnrnProvenance: Gary Watson, Melbourne, 8 Sept 1986, lot 579; Prestige, Melbourne, 9 Feb 2008, lot 103.Starting bid : 2,500 CHFHammer price : 3,600 CHF