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Auction: 16034 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 2570

New Zealand
1855 original essay prepared by Perkins, Bacon & Co. Ltd., showing Chalon half-length portrait engraved by William Humphrys with engine-turned background and ornamental circular surround, State 2 with circular frame-line dividing the portrait from the engine-turned background, in black on surfaced wove paper (97x78mm.). Rare and highly attractive. R.P.S. Certificate (2007). Photo

provenance:
Christie's Robson Lowe auction, October 1989
"DuBois", May 2007
Joseph Hackmey, May 2010

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Estimate
£2,500 to £3,000