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Lot# 30617 - Auction 309-320

  • Lot# : 30617 Australia

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    Watermark Multiple Crown C of A 1931/36: Sideface 1½ d. red-brown, Multiple Crown C of A, perf. 13½ x 12½, an unused vertical strip of three from Plate 1, marginal from top of sheet, variety "Imperforate at Top", of rich colour and extremely fine but for slightest bit of gum loss on top stamp, mounted in margin only, lower two stamps unmounted og. A wonderful multiple for the connoisseur: just eleven examples of this variety are recorded by Brusden White BW 94(1)b = $ 12'500.rnrnProvenance: Harmers, Sydney, 27 Nov 1980, lot 117; P. J. Downie, Melbourne, 30 June 1982, lot 158; Robin Linke, Perth, 6 July 1991, lot 436; Collection Arthur Gray, Mossgreen, Melbourne, 30 Oct 2015, lot 337.rn 
    Starting bid : 4,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 4,000 CHF