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Lot# 40380 - Auction 321-332

  • Lot# : 40380 Victoria

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    1886/96: Stamp Duty "Eighteen Pence" (1 s. 6 d.) hand-painted Essay showing Britannia and dormant Lion, in shades of pale and dark green on thin card (55 x 69 mm.) marked 'B' at upper right; pinholes at upper left where previously affixed to a Post Offcie file. Unadopted design but spectacular and unique: illustrated in "The Stamps of Victoria" by Geoff Kellow RDP on page 270.rnrnProvenance: Collection J.R.W. Purves, RL, Geneva, 27 Nov 1980, lot 2191.rn                     Collection Rod Perry, DF, Zurich, 16-21 Nov 1987, lot 20430.rn                     Collection Sir Gawaine Baillie, Sotheby's, Melbourne, 13-15 July 2005, lot 1178.rn                    
    Starting bid : 1,200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold