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

1885/91: De La Rue Plate Proof for 4 d. chestnut, wmk. Crown CA sideways, an imperforate block of four showing marginal rule at top, fresh and very fine, unmounted og. Illustrated as a pane of 60 subjects in "The De La Rue Collection" edited by Frank Walton on page 6543. Scarce.rnrnProvenance: RL, Melbourne, 5 Aug 1976, lot 174 (as a pane of 60).rn                     Prestige, Melbourne, 19 March 2005, lot 726 (as a block of four).rnrn