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Lot# 40491 - Auction 321-332

  • Lot# : 40491 Australia

    Vaughan Essay 1903 (May): Essay for proposed Commonwealth of Australia issue, designed, printed and submitted to the Postmaster General, Senator J. G. Drake of Queensland by G. W. Vaughan, perforated 4 d. value in olive-brown on card paper with vignette showing Edward VII inscribed "State of / Commonwealth of Australia / Queensland", trivial aging on one or two perfs. on reverse otherwise fresh and very fine BW E6C = $ 3'500.rnrnProvenance: Collection Hugh Morgan, Spink, London, 13 Nov 2012, lot 19.
    Starting bid : 2,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,000 CHF