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

Recess by Perkins Bacon 1856 (Jan 1): Die Proof on India paper affixed to card, imperforate in black, huge vertical margins at each side, close at top and at base, beautifully and delicately printed and extremely rare. Cert. BPA (1978).rnrnProvenance: Giangiacomo Orlandini (Nov 1997).