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Lot# 432 - Auction 309-320

  • Lot# : 432 Victoria

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    1873/87: Bell Essay for the 1 d. value on card (56 x 51 mm.), with printed central vignette of Queens's head and hand-painted surround all in shades of rose-red, signed at right 'RR' in manuscript ink (Robert Ramsay, Postmaster General of Victoria); this being the accepted design. A small stain well outside the design has been professionally removed at left. Illustrated in "The Stamps of Victoria" by Geoff Kellow RDP on colour plate 12. Superb and unique.rnrnProvenance: Collection J.R.W. Purves, RL, Geneva, 27 Nov 1980, lot 2159.
    Starting bid : 4,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold