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Auction: 4028 - Australian States & Commonwealth featuring the Ron Butler Collection
Lot: 1186

Queensland 1879-80 Typographed Issue Imperforate Plate Proofs 1d. reddish brown complete sheet of 120 on thin card with [48] showing "qoeensland" variety, printed label affixed at foot and inscribed "Proposed new 1d. Postage Stamp Printed from Electrotypes made by William Knight, Government Engraver, Lithographic Office, Treasury"; a few light fox marks in places and with a few faults in margins. A highly important and almost certainly unique contemporary proof sheet Estimate £ 3,000-4,000

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