• 135021 1955 QE II CASTLE ISSUE DIE PROOF OF WILDING HEAD WITH DIADEM IN ROSE-RED ENGRAVED BY HAROLD BARD.

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    1955 QE II CASTLE ISSUE DIE PROOF OF WILDING HEAD WITH DIADEM IN ROSE-RED ENGRAVED BY HAROLD BARD. A superb and very rare die proof of the Queen's head for the QE II Castle issue in rose-red on white glazed wove paper, 77 x 103 with die number '20048' in reverse at upper right, and this proof listed in 'The Die Proofs of Waterlow and Sons by Robson Lowe and Fraser'. Ex Harold Bard archive, Bard was an engraver employed by Waterlow and Sons, Bradbury Wilkinson and De La Rue and was the engraver for the Pictorial and Portrait portions of the Castle design. Very rare and in forty years trading we have only seen seven Castle head die proofs. (Ref 135021).
  • 135021 1955 QE II CASTLE ISSUE DIE PROOF OF WILDING HEAD WITH DIADEM IN ROSE-RED ENGRAVED BY HAROLD BARD.
  • 135021 1955 QE II CASTLE ISSUE DIE PROOF OF WILDING HEAD WITH DIADEM IN ROSE-RED ENGRAVED BY HAROLD BARD.

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