Lot# 6408 - Auction 218-221
Auction 218-221
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Lot# : 6408 Victoria
Lithographed by J. S. Campbell & Fergusson, Melbourne 1854/57: Half-Length 3 d. deep blue on poorer quality paper, Stone D, Ninth printing, positions 9-10-11-12-7, a fine horizontal strip of five with ample to large margins all round, minor thin and vertical crease in the gutter margin between position 12 and 7, lightly cancelled by circular (probable) '23' numeral obliterator of Buninyong in black. Lovely appearance and a very scarce multiple.rnrnProvenance: Collection Charles Lathrop Pack, Harmers, New York, 6-15 Dec 1944, lot 2073.rn Collection Louise Boyd Dale & Alfred Lichtenstein, Harmers, London, 14 May 1990, lot 234.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : 1,800 CHF