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

Stamp Duty 1905: Stamp Duty Edward VII composite Essay for the proposed £ 25 value, hand-painted in India ink and grey wash touched up with Chinese white on thick card (113 x 82 mm.), the portrait on separate piece inserted into frame at left. Small pinhole at top right, a stunning Essay of great rarity.rnrnProvenance: Collection J.R.W. Purves, RL, London, 14 Jan 1981, lot 1149.rn                     Premier, Melbourne, 19 July 2003, lot 804.