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Auction: 18047 - The Chartwell Collection of Australian States and Commonwealth, an unreserved auction for the benefit of the Chartwell Philanthropic Educational Programme
Lot: 620

(x) Australian Commonwealth
The Kangaroo Issues
Official Stamps
Third Watermark - Perforated "OS"
2/- brown Plate 1, a block of twelve with "JBC" monogram (no selvedge at right), all clearly cancelled by "late fee/spencer st vic" c.d.s., a few short perfs as to be expected on a commercial multiple of this size. The most outstanding monogram in existence. RPSV Certificate (2013). BW 37ba(1)zb, $50,000 as mint strip. Photo

Note: Six JBC monograms are recorded from Plate 1 comprising a mint rejoined strip of six (and therefore technically not a monogram strip of three), two mint pairs and three mint singles (one with watermark inverted), plus this used perf OS block of twelve.

provenance:
Stuart Hardy, May 2013

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Sold for
£15,000