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Lot# 30609 - Auction 309-320

  • Lot# : 30609 Australia

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    Stamp Design Competition 1927: Essays for the Canberra Opening of Parliament issue, with large format photographic Essays (2) each for proposed 1½ d. value by entrant A.J. Shearsby (handstamped on reverse); showing the Arms of the six States, "Opening of Parliament / 9 May 1927" surounded by Emu, Kangaroo, Kookaburra and Koala"; the other in horizontal format showing the Parliament Building; and "stamp sized" reproductions 82) which only indicate the difficulty the engraver would have had should they have been accepted.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 650 CHF