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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: 700

(x) Australian Commonwealth
King George V Commemoratives
1934 Macarthur 2d. carmine-red (dark hills) imperforate plate proof block of four on ungummed unwatermarked paper, the lower pair with pressed horizontal crease, otherwise fine. Very rare, only this block and a single have been recorded. BW 158PP(1), $20,000. Photo

provenance:
The estate of John Ash, Australian Stamp Printer
Harmers auction, October 1978

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Sold for
£3,200