Description:

DIE PROOFS: 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]



This and the next lot are the only recorded undenominated but otherwise completed design Australian Commonwealth die proofs in private hands. As such, they are extremely significant items.