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Lot# 40516 - Auction 321-332

  • Lot# : 40516 Australia

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    First Watermark 1913: Kangaroo £ 1 brown & ultramarine, Die II, first Crown over A wmk., perf. 12, an unused example, marginal from base of sheet, showing "JBC" Monogram in margin, monogram incomplete as usual (all known examples are found thus) with inconsequential horizontal bend in the margin, of vibrant fresh colour, superbly well centred, large part og. Just 3 unused "JBC" monogram examples are recorded, a strip of three in the collection of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and two unused examples. A wonderful stamp of consummate rarity BW 51zb = $ 75'000.rnrnProvenance: Charles Leski, Melbourne, 24 March 1986, lot 43.rn                     Collection Arthur Gray, Shreves, New York, 22-23 Feb 2007, lot 272.rn                     Collection Julian Sterling, Mossgreen, Melbourne, 30 April 2014, lot 123.
    Starting bid : 40,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold