Auction 333-341 Western Australia & Great Britain - Day 3

Proofs produced in Western Australia 1860 (May): Colour Proofs requested by the Agent General for the Crown Colonies after the Perkins Bacon Proofs were despatched in April 1860; Imperforate examples in ungummed unwatermarked paper with 2 d. in deep blue (marginal at base), 4 d. in rose, 6 d. in violet and a horizontal pair in a much paler mauve shade and the 1 s. in very deep green. Fresh and very fine.
Note: The requested Proofs were 2 d. "Blue as English"; 4 d. "Carmine as English", 6 d. "Violet i.e. colour of English 6 d. stamp" and 1 s. "Green as English". Local printings later in the same year were in diffeerent colours altogether, the 1 s. plate was not used as adequate stocks remained of the 1855 1 shilling.