Sale No: 249
Lot No: 2377
Symbol: P
Cat No: Collection
REPRINTED DIE PROOFS: c.1902 unfinished design in indigo, deep green, bright violet, bright carmine & vermilion each on wove paper. Superb! Ex John Dibiase: sold for $808. The 'Besancon' (III) similar group of 7 sold for SFr1028. [These proofs can be distinguished from the previous lot by the existence of a constant vertical colour flaw on the Swan above 'P' of 'PENNY']
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PLATE PROOFS: Imperforate block of 4 in black on ungummed unwatermarked paper, margins close to good except at the base where a little cut-into, burnishing between the right-hand units, ironed-out vertical crease at left. Ex John Dibiase: sold for $868. Dr Cecil Walkley's very fine block of 4 with extensive burnishing sold for $2095.
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 2380
Symbol: F
Cat No: 1 block of 4
IMPERFORATE: 1d black SG 1 block of 4, margins just shaved at centre-right to large, four fine strikes of a void grid canceller, Cat £1400++. A rare and very desirable multiple. Ex John Dibiase: sold for $6590. [Far superior to Dr Cecil Walkley's only used block of 4 that sold at our auction of 14.4.2005 for $1864. 'Besancon' had a couple of pairs only. Lord Vestey had two blocks of 6 (one on the reverse of a cover!) but no blocks of 4]
ISSUED STAMPS: 1d black SG 1, margins just clear - at lower-right - to good, central bold strike of a void grid cancel in bright red, Cat £350+. Ex Lord Vestey: sold for £204 but almost as fine as a similar example that sold for £695!
ROULETTED: 1d black SG 2 clearly rouletted about 12 at the base with evidence of rouletting on the other sides & all clear of the design with a fragment of the adjoining unit at left, 15-bar '3' of Perth, Cat £850. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2018).
