CORINPHILA AUCTIONS 297 - 308 Day 3

Postal Stationery 1918: Die Proof for 1½ d. Star design for the postal stationery envelope in a deep black-brown shade, Die I, on card (89 x 141 mm.), marked at top "First Impression 29-10-18" and at base endorsement for ink mixing: "12 oz. Penny Red / Cookes or Wimbles / 1 oz. Dominion Black" and signed 'TH' by Thomas Harrison and again dated alongside "AUSTRALIAN NOTE / AND STAMP PRINTER' handstamp in violet. Illustrated in Brusden White on page 198. Unique and beautiful and one of the most important Australian Commonwealth stationerya items extant BW EP16(DP)1 =  $ 20'000.rnProvenance: Collection Rev. J.C.W. Brown; Collection John Sinfield, Prestige, Melbourne, 22 Nov 2004, lot 495.