1930 Sturt Die Proof with blank value tablet in the issued colour for the 1½d on wove paper BW #139DP(1) recessed in a thick card mount (83x90mm), label with printed 'DESIGNED DRAWN and ENGRAVED/at the/COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA/NOTE and STAMP PRINTING BRANCH/FITZROY, VICTORIA/JOHN ASH, STAMP PRINTER/7TH MARCH, 1930' affixed to the reverse, minor toning that does affect the proof, Cat $20,000. Ex WCG McCracken and Walter Lederer . [ McCracken succeeded John Ash as Commonwealth Note & Stamp Printer in April 1940]. Only 2 examples exist. One of only two recorded undenominated but otherwise completed design Australian Commonwealth die proofs in private hands. As such, an extremely significant item. The only other such item is the following lot: Provenance: The Arthur Gray Collection, October 2015, Lot 410.
1930 Sturt Die Proof with blank value tablet in the issued colour for the 1½d on wove paper BW #139DP(1) recessed in a thick card mount (83x90mm), label with printed 'DESIGNED DRAWN and ENGRAVED/at the/COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA/NOTE and STAMP PRINTING BRANCH/FITZROY, VICTORIA/JOHN ASH, STAMP PRINTER/7TH MARCH, 1930' affixed to the reverse, minor toning that does affect the proof, Cat $20,000. Ex WCG McCracken and Walter Lederer . [ McCracken succeeded John Ash as Commonwealth Note & Stamp Printer in April 1940]. Only 2 examples exist. One of only two recorded undenominated but otherwise completed design Australian Commonwealth die proofs in private hands. As such, an extremely significant item. The only other such item is the following lot: Provenance: The Arthur Gray Collection, October 2015, Lot 410.
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