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PRESENTATION DIE PROOF: 3d die proof in green struck on thick handmade paper (216x175mm) with deckled edges BW #134DP(2), Cat $12,500. The ACSC states that 11 proofs were presented, one of which is in the Australia Post Archives. Only four others have been accounted for. [Lord Vestey's example - reduced to 166x130mm, with the deckled edges trimmed off - sold at auction in October 2014 for £4560. Derick Ray's example sold at our auction of 5/3/2015 for $8190]