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lot # 10597 - brit. colonies Australia
Third Watermark 1923/24: Kangaroo 6 d.red-brown, Die Proof in issued colour on white wove thin unwatermarked paper (89 x 99 mm.), now hinged to card for protection, fresh and extremely fine. Immensely rare, just three examples are recorded (one emanated from the estate of Ronald A. Harrison, this example comes from the estate of the printer John Ash). Superb and visually stunning Proof BW 21DP(1) = $ 25'000.rnProvenance: Collection John Ash, Harmers, London, 3-4 Oct 1978, lot 198; Collection J. B. Williamson, Sotheby's, London, 18 Sept 1981, lot 266; Collection Lord Vestey, Spink, London, 16 Oct 2014, lot 63.
Michel Catalogue 297: Australia - The DUBOIS Collection (part I)
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