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Lot# 30655 - Auction 309-320

  • Lot# : 30655 Australia

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    Commemoratives 1953: Tasmanian Sesquicentenary 3½ d. brown-purple, Imperforate Die Proof in issued colour in sunken frame (102 x 90 mm.), the reverse handstamped "C.B.A. / NOTE PRINTING / BRANCH" in violet, numbered '29' and dated '31.8.53' in manuscript, presented to J. R. W. Purves, doyen of Victoria philately of the Stamp Advisory Committee. Rare and fine, just 8 Proofs were struck BW 304/305DP(1) = $ 4'000.rnrn 
    Starting bid : 600 CHF
    Hammer price : 650 CHF