Auction 309-320 - Australian States & Commonwealth British Africa, St. Helena - Day 2

First Watermark 1913: Kangaroo 3 d. olive, Die I, Plate 2, first Crown over A wmk., perf. 12, an unused horizontal pair with variety "Imperforate on Three Sides" showing part of marginal rule at top, of fine fresh colour, slightest horizontal bend and small scuff on large part og. An important and extremely rare multiple: the surviving examples are an unused strip of four, a pair illustrated in the BW catalogue on page 69, this pair and a used single example cancelled at Port Pirie. A great rarity: no examples appear to be held either in State Archive or Museum collections or in the collection of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Cert RPS of Victoria (1958) Gi = £ 75'000 / BW 12bf = $ 95'000.rnrnProvenance: Collection Herbert McNess, Harmers, Sydney, 21-22 June 1979, lot 23; P. J. Downie, Melbourne, 24 April 1980, lot 67; Rod Perry, Melbourne, 28 April 1983, lot 419; P. J. Downie, Melbourne, 31 Aug 1983, lot 105; Collection Kevin Nelson, Premier, Melbourne, 4 May 2002, lot 2045.rnrn