Auction 321 - 332 Australian States & Commonwealth of Australia, New South Wales, St. Helena, Basutoland The ‘BESANÇON’ Collection - Day 2

1930: Essay for proposed 3 d. value "In The Blue Mountains", hand-painted in shades of pale and deep blue with fancy frame, POSTAGE and 3d. picked out in Chinese white on thick card (228 x 184 mm.). Superb Essay by R. A. Harrison, designer of the Parliament House, 3 d. Airmail and Sydney Harbour Bridge issues amongst others. Sold with a copy of "The Harrisons of Waterlow" by Robson Lowe with this Essay illustrated in the monograph.rnrnProvenance: R. A. Harrison estate, RL Australia, 26 Feb 1970, lot 154.rn                     Premier, Melbourne, 20 July 2002, lot 650.