Corinphila Auction 291-297 Day 2

1890: South Australia Stamp Design Competition, an Essay for the ½ d. value showing Kangaroo and surrounding corners with Ship, Pick, Shovel, Stoop etc., and vignette of the 'Proclamation Tree', hand-painted in shades of blue on card (69 x 77 mm.), marked "Geometry" (entrant's pseudonym) in pencil at base and in ink on reverse. Unique, superb and most attractive.rnProvenance: Collection Harry Napier, 1976; Collection Sir Gawaine Baillie, Sotheby's, Melbourne, 13-15 July 2005, lot 1077.