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Die - Letterpress - 1879 tender for the 1d contract: Queen Victoria 'South Australia 4d head' with no background. Steel. Great Britain. Stone: 'Die of Head SP 5A (flat) (Bacon's type 3). 6th February 1879: 'I have at last succeeded in getting a steel Queen's head cut... Mr Ridgway, of Acton, has undertaken it.' 8th February 1879: '2746. Flat Queen's Head for New Style of Plate. Postage.' This appears to be the original die of this Nova Scotia type head. It has no background or ruling, and the sp