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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: 725

(x) Australian Commonwealth
King George VI
1951 (May) 50th Anniversary of Founding of Commonwealth, 3d. carmine-lake se-tenant pair, 5½d. blue and 1/6d. brown die proofs on white wove paper, each mounted in sunken card, fine. Eight sets of die proofs were prepared for presentation purposes. These are numbered "11", "19" and "23" respectively. BW 280/1-283DP(1), $12,000. Photo

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£1,200