Lot #50 PROOFS CREATED IN AUSTRALIA: 1d in carmine on Pink Paper Perf 14 & punctured 'OS' BW #70PP(5), full unmounted o.g.!!, Cat $7500. Michael Drury Certificate (2015). Ex Prestige Philately (24/5/2008). The ACSC states that this "is believed to be a proof prepared for the contractor who manufactured the OS puncturing head. At least one pair and two singles are known. The origin of the tinted watermarked paper is unclear; it may have been specially dyed for the purpose". It was stated in the Prestig

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PROOFS CREATED IN AUSTRALIA: 1d in carmine on Pink Paper Perf 14 & punctured 'OS' BW #70PP(5), full unmounted o.g.!!, Cat $7500. Michael Drury Certificate (2015). Ex Prestige Philately (24/5/2008).

The ACSC states that this "is believed to be a proof prepared for the contractor who manufactured the OS puncturing head. At least one pair and two singles are known. The origin of the tinted watermarked paper is unclear; it may have been specially dyed for the purpose". It was stated in the Prestige auction catalogue "The centring of the stamp and position of the perfin are identical to the example illustrated at page 4/55 - now page 4/64 - of the ACSC, to which we have been able to have access".