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  • Lot# : 40039 New South Wales

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    Diadem Issue 1856: Perkins Bacon Trial Proof, an imperforate block of six (2 x 3) for the small Diadem issue with POSTAGE and Duty Plate blank and waxed void lower left corners, printed in bright scarlet on unwatermarked thick toned gummed wove paper with '1' in manuscript in top margin. Pencil annotation on reverse "Printed in Varnish Colour dusted on later, from Mann Col."; fresh and very fine. Most attractive and rare.rnrnProvenance: Collection H.W. Mann (1922).rn                     Collection G.J. Hutson, Spink, London, 19 Feb 2013, lot 255.
    Starting bid : 850 CHF
    Hammer price : 850 CHF