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  • Lot# : 30610 Australia

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    1926: Opening of Canberra Parliament House, Die Proof of the 1½ d. value in carmine-lake on folded high quality wove paaper (145 x 115 mm.), designed by R. A. Harrison, engraved by J. A. C. Harrison; State 1 with the allegorical figure, the sky and the Shield unfinished, the Proof handstamped '11286' embossed in red on reverse at left and endorsed in pencil "2.12.46 / (4.30)". Photographic corner fault on reverse of no importance. This is the initial State of the design for the first Australian Commemorative issue; three examples were pulled: one is housed in the British Library Collection, another (ex R. T. P. Chapman) resides in the Australia Post Archival Collection. Unique in private hands, rare and particularly fine, an important Proof BW 132DP(1) = $ 20'000.rnrnProvenance: The estate of J. A. C. Harrison; Collection Dr. Gordon Latto, Phillips, London, 28 Oct 1983, ex lot 41; Macray Watson, Melbourne, 8 Feb 1994, lot 431; Collection Arthur Gray, Mossgreen, Melbourne, 30 Oct 2015, lot 365.
    Starting bid : 7,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 7,500 CHF