Nov. 1919 England - Australia (AAMC.27b) Ross Smith vignette with full margins, very well centred and unmounted with just light traces of hingeing in margins only, an exceptional example of this iconic item, Cat. $20000 for mounted mint. [AAMC states "about 25 mint copies are held in museums ... about 50 specimens with complete selvedge exist in private collections"; of the 576 issued, 364 were attached to letters carried and cancelled on arrival in Melbourne on 26 Feb 1920.
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Nov. 1919 England - Australia (AAMC.27b) Ross Smith vignette with full margins, very well centred and unmounted with just light traces of hingeing in margins only, an exceptional example of this iconic item, Cat. $20000 for mounted mint. [AAMC states "about 25 mint copies are held in museums ... about 50 specimens with complete selvedge exist in private collections"; of the 576 issued, 364 were attached to letters carried and cancelled on arrival in Melbourne on 26 Feb 1920.

Estimate
A$9,000–12,000
Realised
A$8,000
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