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THE DE LA RUE DIE PROOFS: Stage 9 die proof of the completed design but now with a horizontally-lined field behind the King's head, in black on highly glazed card BW #70(DP)9, tiny surface abrasion above the King's neck, Cat $20,000. Unique! Ex De La Rue Archives and Tony Finlayson. Michael Drury Certificate (2015). This was the penultimate stage of the design process; the emu has a peaked crest.



N.B.: Of the eleven die proofs Ex De La Rue Archives, only five are believed to be in private hands. Four are in the Australia Post Archives; the remaining two are in the Royal Collection. It is many years since any of them have been offered at auction.