CORINPHILA AUCTIONS 297 - 308 Day 3

1899: 6 d. emerald on chalk surfaced paper, wmk. Crown over NSW, perf. 12 x 11½, an unused block of eighteen (6 x 3), corner marginal from lower left of the sheet of vibrant colour, showing "CP" and "GPr.O/NSW" and "1888" Monograms at base, all overprinted "SPECIMEN" in black; plate flaw on Row 9, stamp 2 with "Break in "NE of NEW", fresh and fine, unmounted og. Rare and splendid multiple.rnProvenance: Australia Post Archive Sale No. 2, (1986), ex lot 9; Collection John Bell, Prestige, Melbourne, 8 May 2013, ex lot 1278.rn