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

1871 (Feb): Ormond Hill Die Proof for the bantam ½ d., without corner letters, printed in pale sage-green on thin hard yellowish wove paper (50 x 63 mm.). Slight marks or hinge thins above and below design is caused by the glue from an old hinge and some pencil notes on the reverse, otherwise fresh and very fine, a rare Proof. RPSL cert. (2021) Gi DP64b = £ 15'000.
Provenance: Collection 'Great Britain The Line Engraved Issus 1840–1870', The Åke Rietz Collection, Corinphila 7 June 2023.