AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, NEW SOUTH WALES, THE DIADEM ISSUES, ESSAYS AND PROOFS

Lot 1027		Estimate: $5,500 Realised Price : $5,750 2d Queen-on-Throne design die proof in blue on paper Wmk Double-lined '2' (39 x 49mm), endorsed 'Postage Blue' and '1 of Specimens printed 1877' apparently referring proofs pulled prior to despatch of the die to the N.S.W. Agent-General in 1877. Six examples are recorded in blue (one in the Royal Collection and two in the Tapling collection). From the T.W. Hall, G.J. Hutson and 'Manwood' collections
Lot 1028		Estimate: $15,000 Realised Price : $11,500 * Note: This Lot now includes the 6d and 1/- Progressive Die Proofs (previously Lots 1042 and 1050). * Progressive die proof of the Perkins Bacon Head vignette in Black on India paper for the high values (39x65mm) inset on sunken thin card (75x107mm). Few minor blemishes though only two examples recorded in private hands. Ex Hutson and 'Manwood'