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

1887: Die Proof in red for 1 s. 6 d. design, imperforate on card paper (26 x 31 mm.), designed and engraved by Charles Naish and typographed at the Victorian Government printer's in Melbourne. The sole recorded Proof in this colour: probably rejected due to the colour similarity with other values - see "The Stamps of Victoria" by Geoff Kellow RDP, page 269. Rare.rnrnProvenance: Collection J.R.W. Purves, RL, London, 26-27 Oct 1982, lot 603.rn                     Collection Rod Perry. DF, Zurich, 4-11 Dec 1988, ex lot 31175.rn                     Stanley Gibbons, Melbourne, 13 April 1994, lot 1252.rn                     Collection "Besanꞔon", Corinphila sale 221, 23 Nov 2017, lot 6458.