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

Typographed from electrotypes by Samuel Calvert 1857: Emblems Essay by Samuel Calvert for the 4 d. value, an Imperforate Proof on inferior quality paper, printed in brownish-vermilion, showing the head-plate markedly different to that eventually employed on the issued stamp; this believed to be Calvert's initial Essay for the 4 d. value. For similar progressive Printer's Pulls / Die Proofs, see "The Stramps of Victoria" by Geoff Kellow RDP page 109. Scarce. Cert. RPSV (2009).rnrnProvenance: Collection Les Molnar, Prestige, Melbourne, 29 June 2012, lot 197.