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

1899: Arms 1 d. carmine on chalk surfaced paper, Die II, wmk. Crown over NSW, perf. 12 x 11½, an unused block of twenty (4 x 5), corner marginal from top left of the sheet of vibrant colour, showing "WAG" and "GPr.O/NSW" Monograms at top, all overprinted "SPECIMEN" in black; fresh and fine, unmounted og. Rare and splendid.rnrnProvenance: Australia Post Archive Sale No. 2, (1986), ex lot 8.rn                     Collection John Bell, Prestige, Melbourne, 8 May 2013, ex lot 1278.rn