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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: 637

(x) Australian Commonwealth
King George V Heads
Perkins Bacon 1d. Die Proofs
State 3 die proof with uncleared surrounds and with King's nose now straightened but otherwise identical to State 2, in black on unsurfaced paper (126x94mm.) showing part papermaker's watermark, some minor toning and wrinkling. Only three examples of this State 2/3 proof have been recorded. BW 70DP(13)Aa. Photo

provenance:
Harmers auction, October 1978

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Sold for
£750