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Auction: 14032 - Australian Commonwealth from the Vestey Collection
Lot: 189

AUSTRALIA
King George V Commemorative Issues
1927 (May) Opening of Parliament House, Canberra
1½d. presentation in carmine-lake on thick paper (220x180mm.), signed and dated by H.P.Brown 7/2/27 and with printed presentation address to Mr. A.J. Derrick, Chairman of the Board of the stamp design committee. Rare, only three other similar proofs can exist. BW 132DP(8)A, $15,000. Photo

Note: Of the other three possible examples, the one to A.J. Mullett is in the R.T.P Chapman collection, now part of the Australia Post archival collection. The proof presented to J. Murray is now believed to be lost.

provenance:
James B. Williamson, September 1981

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Sold for
£9,500