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  • Lot# : 40497 Australia

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    Stamp Design Competition 1911: Essay by E. T. Luke for proposed 1½ d. value, a photographic bromide card (117 x 121 mm.) showing allegorical figure with Sheaf of Wheat, in vignette, the reverse with manuscript "Eamma Thomas Luke, Montuna, Beaconsfield, 1911 / Age artist". Whilst dated, this example possibly reproduced by Luke for the 1928 Philatelic Exhibition Stamp Design Competition. Rare As BW E63.rnrnProvenance: Collection Dr. Leslie Abramovich, Temple Bar, London, 28 Feb 1973.rn                     Stanley Gibbons Australia, Melbourne, 30 Oct 1993, lot 392.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 340 CHF