Lot #955 West Aust: ENVELOPES: 1912 Intermediate Die (22½x18½mm) 1d deep carmine on rough unsurfaced laid stock EN7, to "St Luke's Church Camp/Trafalgar WA" with 'MENZIES/8FEB13/WESTERN AUSTRALIA' cds, minor blemishes. Rare & underrated. [Brian Pope lists the 1912 printing but doesn't note that it is in a distinct shade, or that the die is of an intermediate size. These factors are important for identifying these rare envelopes, of which no unused example, and only a few used examples have been recorde

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ENVELOPES: 1912 Intermediate Die (22½x18½mm) 1d deep carmine on rough unsurfaced laid stock EN7, to "St Luke's Church Camp/Trafalgar WA" with 'MENZIES/8FEB13/WESTERN AUSTRALIA' cds, minor blemishes. Rare & underrated. [Brian Pope lists the 1912 printing but doesn't note that it is in a distinct shade, or that the die is of an intermediate size. These factors are important for identifying these rare envelopes, of which no unused example, and only a few used examples have been recorded. Superior to Trevor Hiscock's example - ironed-out vertical fold - that sold at the Prestige auction of 22.2.2013 for $977]