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Auction: 19013 - The Arthur Gray Collection of Australia Queen Elizabeth II Decimal Issues
Lot: 5

(x) 1966-73 Queen Elizabeth II Definitives
Die Proofs
8c. in black on thin card (108x83mm.) showing die number "1B349" in reverse at upper left; a few small tone spots well clear of design and the card truncated at foot. The only example in private hands. BW 447E(1), $10,000. Photo

Note: This essay proof is probably from the estate of E.R.M. Jones, a Note Printing Branch engraver who was probably responsible for the engraving of the denomination on this secondary die. One other proof is recorded, from Note Printing Branch archives (now transferred to the Australia Post archival collection. This is in a sunken mount and initialled as approved by the Post Office on 10 February 1972.

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Sold for
£1,000