Auction 321 - 332 Australian States & Commonwealth of Australia, New South Wales, St. Helena, Basutoland The ‘BESANÇON’ Collection - Day 2

1914 (Feb): Perkins Bacon Die Proof for the 1 d. value, State 1, the Die with solid background to the vignette, printed in bright red on thin glazed white card in vertical format (92 x 123 mm.), endorsed 'First state' at base in pencil and "Received 12/2/14" at top in pencil. Reverse with circular Perkins Bacon, Southwark "PROOF" cachet in black. Fresh and fine and of great rarity with just two examples recorded thus, with one example housed in the collection of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, this being unique in private hands BW 70(DP)11Ca = $ 15'000.rnrnProvenance: Collection James B. Williamson, Sotheby's, London, 18 Sept 1981, lot 90.rn                     Collection Lord Vestey, Spink, London, 16 Oct 2014, lot 103.