Lot #49 PROOFS CREATED IN AUSTRALIA: 1d in deep carmine on Victorian V/Crown Watermark Paper Perf 14 BW #70PP(4), grossly misplaced perforations, light crease & somewhat aged, Cat $15,000. Ex William Holbeach. Michael Drury Certificate (2015). [Obviously very rare but also aesthetically challenged, it is offered with a very modest estimate] Because the KGV design was a different size from the Kangaroo stamps, it was necessary to re-configure the perforating machines. Our suggestion is that this proof w

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PROOFS CREATED IN AUSTRALIA: 1d in deep carmine on Victorian V/Crown Watermark Paper Perf 14 BW #70PP(4), grossly misplaced perforations, light crease & somewhat aged, Cat $15,000. Ex William Holbeach. Michael Drury Certificate (2015). [Obviously very rare but also aesthetically challenged, it is offered with a very modest estimate]

Because the KGV design was a different size from the Kangaroo stamps, it was necessary to re-configure the perforating machines. Our suggestion is that this proof was perhaps from the first perforation trial, that appears to have been a dismal failure.

The ACSC states that only five examples have been recorded. This includes a strip of three in the AA Vickery Collection in Sydney's Powerhouse Museum, leaving only this & one other similarly centred example in private hands.