Auction 333-341 Australian States & Commonwealth of Australia and New Zealand – The ‚KOOYONG‘ Collection - Day 2

1894/1902: Set of six specimen top marginal blocks of four, each stamp with handstamped SPECIMEN in violet or black (12.5 x 1.5mm.), on ungummed paper. Comprising 1894 (Jan) 1 d. orange-brown wmk. reversed (Gi 20s); 1894 (July) 1 d. claret wmk. reversed (Gi 21s); 1895 (Nov) 1 d.  venetian red wmk. reversed (Gi 22s); 1896 (April) 1 d. pale venetian (Gi 22s); 1899 (June) 1 d. pale red (Gi 23s); 1902 (Jan) 1 d. orange red (Gi 24s). In the main fine and fresh. A rare assembly.
Provenance: Ex Collection James G. Robertson, Grosvenor, 6 December 2012, lot 2013.