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lot # 10404 - brit. colonies victoria
1870/71: Essay for Stamp Statute £ 1 value, a composite Essay by William Bell with Queen's head from a photograph in sepia, with elaborate surround hand-painted in grey, black, pencil and Chinese white on card (63 x 63 mm.). Minor aging not affecting the exquisite appearance. Unique.rnProvenance: Collection J.R.W. Purves, RL, Geneva, 27 Nov 1980, lot 2226; Collection Rod Perry, DF, Geneva, 23-25 May 1988, lot 11168.
Michel Catalogue 297: Australia - The DUBOIS Collection (part I)
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