Description
Australia Tasmania 1854 Perkins Bacon die proofs, SG14, 15, 17
1854 (June - Sept) Perkins Bacon original die proofs for the 1855 'VAN DIEMENS LAND' 1d (39x45mm), 2d (29x34mm) and 4d (30x35mm) values.
In black on India paper, affixed to card, the 1d particularly large (with the edge of the India paper visible at right).
A beautiful set of the highest rarity from the first Perkins Bacon stamp issue of Van Diemen's Land.
Provenance: The 4d is Ex Sebastian Earl Collection (Christie's Geneva 25/4/80, lot 2084, realised CHF 5500).
An ex Stanley Gibbons stock item.
The Chalon portrait of Queen Victoria design in an engine-turned oval is part of the celebrated “Chalon Head” series used across several British colonies. The issued Tasmanian Chalons were recess-printed by Perkins Bacon in London and issued imperforate.
These were the last stamps inscribed “VAN DIEMENS LAND.” The colony formally changed name to Tasmania on 1 Jan 1856.
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