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THE PERKINS BACON IMPERFORATE PLATE PROOFS: 1d in pale carmine on glazed ungummed thin card BW #70PP(2)B lower-right quarter-sheet of 30 (6x5) from Pane IV with "Jubilee Lines" below the lower six units, enormous margins at right & base & the virtually complete "gutter" at left, with original state of [34-35] prior to development of the Rust Flaws, Thin 'G' [40] & a very early state of the Pregnant 'Y' [41], a few very minor blemishes, Cat $14,250++ (as singles). An important proof. Ex Perkins Bacon Archives, Argyll Stamp Co (Angus Parker) & Dr John Reasoner. [See also Lot 85]