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Lot# 40458 - Auction 321-332

  • Lot# : 40458 Western Australia

    1898/1907: De La Rue 2½ d. blue, wmk. W Crown A, an Imperforate block of eight from the Imprimatur sheet, marginal from left of sheet centrally divided by horizontal interpanneau margin; fresh and very fine, unmounted og. Illustrated in "The De La Rue Collection" on page 6547 (as a sheet of 120). A rare and most appealing multiple.rnrnProvenance: RL, Melbourne, 5 Aug 1976, lot 179 (as a sheet of 120).rn                     Warwick & Warwick, Rugby, 7-8 May 1980, lot 1404 (as a block of eight).rn                     Collection Cecil Walkely, Prestige, Melbourne, 14 April 2005, lot 360.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold