Lot 34
1964 50th Anniversary of first air mail...
Stamps and Postal History of the World | 5910
Auction: 1 October 2019 at 01:00 BST
£400
Description
1964 50th Anniversary of first air mail 5d sage-green on white wove paper mounted in sunken frame, on reverse C.B.A. note printing branch 12.6.64 and numbered '8' (for E. Westbrook, Stamp Advisory Committee); only nine die proofs were distributed, one for Queen Elizabeth II (for Royal Collection, unnumbered) leaving in private hands only eight possible available, a couple of stain marks nevertheless a rare proof, BW 423DP(1) AU$3,000.
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