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Auction: 19045 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 65

(x) Australia
1963-65 5d.
Essay
5d. perf 14.25 x imperf proof of photogravure coil stamp in brown and deep blue affixed to card (61x80mm.), fine. The only recorded example. BW 398E(1)A, $8000. Photo

Note: During 1964-65 the Note Printing Branch prepared essays for photogravure coil stamps which could be printed on reel-fed paper on the Chambon press in rolls of any desired length and therefor did not require the laborious joining of sheets of stamps to form coils. However, the Post Office eventually decided, due to pressure of work for the Chambon press, to delay the introduction of photogravure coils until the issue of decimal stamps in 1966.

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Sold for
£1,500

Starting price
£1200