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THE PERKINS BACON DIE PROOFS: State 2/3 die proof with uncleared surrounds with the King's nose now straightened but otherwise identical to State 2, in black on thin unsurfaced paper (125x94mm), minor toning & wrinkling BW #70(DP)13Aa, Cat $12,500. Ex Stanley Gibbons Australia (18/3/1999) and "Ayers" (John Sussex). Only three other examples are recorded: Sir Gawaine Baillie's fine example sold for $10,350.

As noted in the ACSC, this proof is quite abnormal. It is stated "It is possible that this is an engraver's pull taken at De La Rue". [NB: the statement in the ACSC that 9 examples exist, is an error. Geoff Kellow has advised that the reference is to there being nine proofs in total of State 3]