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

Chalons 1860: Perkins Bacon Die Proof for the 2 d., Final State on card (53 x 53 mm.) engraved in black. Illustrated in the Robson Lowe Encyclopædia, Vol. IV, page 95. Superb and rare.rnrnProvenance: Collection General Robert Gill, RL, London, 5 June 1957. lot 1.rn                     RL, London, 16 March 1960, ex lot 286.rn                     Collection Ron Butler RDP., Spink, London, 22 Sept 2004.rnrnrn