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Auction: 14032 - Australian Commonwealth from the Vestey Collection
Lot: 1

AUSTRALIA
The "C.A." Overprint Essay of 1901
Victoria 1901 V over Crown, perf 12½ 2½d. deep blue overprinted "C.A." reading down, large part original gum, fine. The only known example of this value. BW CA5, $4000. Photo

Notes: Six examples of these essays are known:- Overprint upright: Western Australia 1885 CA perf 14 ½d. Overprint inverted: Western Australia 1885 CA perf 14 ½d. Overprint vertical, reading down: New South Wales 1899 perf 12x11½ 1d. Die II; Victoria 1901 V over Crown, perf 12½ 1d.; Victoria 1901 V over Crown, perf 12½ 2d.; Victoria 1901 V over Crown, perf 12½ 2½d.

provenance:
Arthur Gray, February 2007
Hugh Morgan, November 2012

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Sold for
£3,200