Auction 321 - 332 Australian States & Commonwealth of Australia, St. Helena, Basutoland, Bechuanaland, Swaziland, Brazil 1843 –1870 - Day 1

1884: De La Rue Die Proof for ½ d. value, printed in black on glazed white card, handstamped "AFTER STRIKING" and dated "11 MAR 84" in black; signed at right as approved "GM" (Mercer). Scarce.rnrnProvenance: Collection John Gartner, RL, Geneva, 20 April 1979, ex lot 429.rn                     Collection Cecil Walkely, Prestige, Melbourne, 14 April 2005, lot 354.