lot # 40379 - brit. colonies victoria
1887: Die Proof in red for 1 s. 6 d. design, imperforate on card paper (26 x 31 mm.), designed and engraved by Charles Naish and typographed at the Victorian Government printer's in Melbourne. The sole recorded Proof in this colour: probably rejected due to the colour similarity with other values - see "The Stamps of Victoria" by Geoff Kellow RDP, page 269. Rare.rnrnProvenance: Collection J.R.W. Purves, RL, London, 26-27 Oct 1982, lot 603.rn Collection Rod Perry. DF, Zurich, 4-11 Dec 1988, ex lot 31175.rn Stanley Gibbons, Melbourne, 13 April 1994, lot 1252.rn Collection "Besanꞔon", Corinphila sale 221, 23 Nov 2017, lot 6458.
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