Lot# 3293 - Auction 321-332
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Lot# : 3293 New South Wales
1854/59: 8 d. dull yellow orange, watermark double-line "8", vertical pair, part original gum, chiefly ample to large margins on all sides, cut into slightly at upper right, detailed impression and bright fresh colour, an exceptional and important pair, being the only recorded unused multiple of this issue, and an important exhibition piece of the Diadem issue. Robson Lowe Certificate of Opinion. Cert B.P.A. (2010) Gi = £ 48'000.rnProvenance: Collection Ferrari de La Renotière, Sale 3, April 5-7, 1922; Arthur Hind, Sale 5, Harmers, London, July 2-4, 1934, lot 250; G.J. Hutson; V.P. Manwood, Siegel, New York, November 8, 1995, lot 4585; Collection "Alvarado" of New South Wales, Spink, London, May 19, 2010, lot 127.Starting bid : 10,000 CHFHammer price : 11,000 CHF