Aust. Banknotes - Private Bank Issues
Lot 4590 Session 17 (7:30pm Thursday 28th July) Aust. Banknotes - Private Bank Issues
Estimate $5,000
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VAN DIEMEN'S LAND, Read & Bethune copper printing plate for one pound, Hobart Town 182- 'Engraved by S. Clayton Sydney', back impressed three times 'T. Shafe/94 Little Moorfields/London'. Housed in protective thick paper envelope or sleeve (250x120mm) or sleeve with a later gloss paper proof printing stuck down, the plate in very fine condition and probably unique.
Ex W.D.Crowther estate sale in Tasmania in 1979, previously in Dr.W.L.Crowther's estate. No original printings are known for this issuer. Biographical details of both issuers included in the lot.
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