Auction 321 - 332 Australian States & Commonwealth of Australia, St. Helena, Basutoland, Bechuanaland, Swaziland, Brazil 1843 –1870 - Day 1

1890: South Australia Stamp Design Competition, an Essay for the 1 d. value showing Kangaroo in an almost Art Deco frame, hand-drawn and painted in shades of brown, yellow-brown and black on card (51 x 60 mm.), marked "Wandeen" (entrant's pseudonym) in ink at base. Superb and most attractive.rnrnProvenance: Spink, London, 12 May 2005, lot 585.