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ONE SHILLING SWAN: 1/- perforated plate proof in brown-purple on gummed unwatermarked paper BW #62PP(1)A, a minor hinge remainder otherwise superb, Cat $125,000. An unissued denomination, and a fabulous item for a collector of "Birds". Ex Agar Wynne (?), Franklin Burchett, Jack Cato, Herbert McNess and Les King. Michael Drury Certificate (2015).



Economic considerations - plus robust public condemnation and ridicule of the 1d design - were principally responsible for the decision to abandon recess printing in favour of the more economical letterpress printing method.