Corinphila Auction 291-297 Day 2

Commemoratives 1955: 50th Anniversary of Rotary International 3½ d. carmine, Imperforate Die Proof in issued colour in sunken frame (68 x 94 mm.), the reverse handstamped "C.B.A. / NOTE PRINTING / BRANCH" in violet, numbered '31' and dated '13.12.54' in manuscript, presented to J.R.W. Purves, doyen of Victoria philately on the Stamp Advisory Committee. Rare and fine, just 10 Proofs were struck BW 318DP(1) = $ 3'000.rn