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Lot# 1478 - Auction 227-233

  • Lot# : 1478 Victoria

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    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.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold