Losnr. 1478 - 227.-233. Auktion
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Losnr. : 1478 Victoria
1853: Halflength 3 d. blue, Sixth printing, positions 20/20, a fine vertical pair with good margins all round, used on 1854 cover to Melbourne tied by barred oval Castlemaine '37' obliterators in black. Reverse with oval 'Castlemaine / Victoria' despatch (Sept 19) and oval Melbourne arrival (Sept 20) datestamps in black. Believed to be the sole recorded example of this 6th printing abnormal on letter.rnrnProvenance: Collection Charles Lathrop Pack, Harmers, New York, Dec 1944, lot 2010.rn Collection Dale-Lichtenstein, Harmers, London, May 1990, lot 240.rn Collection John Barwis RDP., Spink, London, Oct 2012, lot 781.Ausruf : 400 CHFZuschlag : nicht verkauft