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Leski Auctions Sale: 464

Great Britain and British Commonwealth
KGV Essays & Proofs
Sale No: 464
Lot No: 169
Symbol: P
Cat No: Collection

image PERKINS BACON DIE PROOFS: State 1a (Scratched Die) die proof as State 1 with a Very Fine White Diagonal Scratch from the Kangaroo's Paws to the Emu's Feet on highly glazed thin card (94x125mm) with no endorsements or cachet, Cat. $12500+. A technically important proof. Ex Perkins Bacon Archives. [NB: listed in the ACSC as BW:70(DP)11Bb. Only 5 examples known.]

The damage to the die must have occurred at the premises of Perkins Bacon or immediately after its return to De La Rue. Correcting the flaw would have been exceptionally difficult and it is thought that De La Rue transferred the die to a roller on which making the necessary correction was less onerous. An impression from the transfer roller was then taken on a flat piece of steel, in effect creating a new die, which was used for the pulls from De La Rue's stages 6 to 10. Major Dormer Legge recorded three impressions from the Scratched Die. Provenance: The Arthur Gray Collection, October 2015, Lot 31. (Image)

Estimate AU$8,000-10,000
Min. Bid. AU

Opening AU$ 6,000.00
Sold...AU$ 7,000.00


Closed..Feb-06-2021, 17:00:00 EST
Sold For 7000

Sale No: 464
Lot No: 171
Symbol: P
Cat No: Collection

image PERKINS BACON DIE PROOFS: State 2 die proof with a field of horizontal lines behind the King's head, in bright red on highly glazed thin card (125x94mm) with no endorsements on the face but endorsed in pencil on reverse "2nd state of die proof". BW:70(DP)12Bb, Cat.$15000. Only 4 known! Ex Perkins Bacon Archives.  Provenance: The Arthur Gray Collection, October 2015, Lot 35. (Image)

Estimate AU$6,000-8,000
Min. Bid. AU$

Opening AU$ 5,000.00
Sold...AU$ 6,000.00


Closed..Feb-06-2021, 17:00:00 EST
Sold For 6000
Sale No: 464
Lot No: 172
Symbol: P

image PERKINS BACON DIE PROOFS: State 2 in carmine-rose on highly glazed thin card (126x95mm), endorsed at upper-right "State 2/SB" (the initials of Seymour Bennett) and at lower-right "Second state", on reverse "PERKINS BACON & CO LTD/PROOF/..." circular cachet in black. Only two exist in this format, BW:70(DP)12Ca - Cat.$16000. Ex Perkins Bacon Archives. (Image)

Estimate AU$8,000-10,000
Min. Bid. AU

Opening AU$ 6,000.00
Sold...AU$ 7,000.00


Closed..Feb-06-2021, 17:00:00 EST
Sold For 7000
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