UNION BANK OF AUSTRALIA, black and white uniface printer's proof, on card, first issue, five pounds, Melbourne, 18-, imprint Perkins, Bacon & Co. London, Patent Hardened Steel Plate, stamped 'SPECIMEN' across signature reserves and vertically in centre (MVR.1). Top right corner missing, rough margins with tears, otherwise extremely fine and very rare.
Ex Perkins Bacon Archive.