Auction 333-341 Western Australia & Great Britain - Day 3

1870 (May): Perkins Bacon Die Proof for the proposed ½ d. value without corner letters, in rose on India paper (47 x 53 mm.) applied to card (56 x 74 mm.), printed before the head was strengthened and before the hardening of the plate (Stone 2a) which appears to contradict the SG listing, just 5 Proofs were struck. An exceptional Proof of great rarity Gi DP62 = £ 36'000.
Provenance: SG, London, 25-26 Nov 1993, lot 789.