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Lot# 377 - Auction 309-320

  • Lot# : 377 Western Australia

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    Surcharged by Government printer 1885 (May): Trial Surcharge "1d." in green and further surcharged in yellow on 3 d. cinnamon, wmk. Crown CC sideways, perf. 14, an unused block of four with "Thick 1", fresh and very fine appearance with part og. and lower pair large part og. One or two minor age spots and wrinkles not affecting the appearance. Just one pane of sixty believed printed thus and extremely rare - Ceremuga states "Great rarity as a block, the only one known to me". The collection of His Majesty King Charles III only houses a pair of this Trial. Cert. Ceremuga (2015).rnrnProvenance: Collection John Gartner, RL, Geneva, 26 April 1979, lot 448; Collection Lored Vestey, Spink, London, 19 May 2015, lot 457.                    
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,400 CHF