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Lot# 3220 - Auction 291-297

  • Lot# : 3220 Queensland

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    1868-78: 1d. pale orange-vermilliom, 4d. yellow and 6d. apple-green, wmk. Crown over Q, Type 5, perf. 12, three single examples with fresh colour and overall good perforation, used on 1878 cover to Paris, cancelled by '131' numeral obliterator of Gladstone in black. Matching GLADSTONE despatch (March 22) cds in black and French "AUSTRALIE V. SUEZ 12 MAI 78 ALEXANDRIE" entry cds in red alongside. Reverse with ROCKHAMPTON transit (March 24), Marseille transit and "PARIS PASSY" arrival (May 21) cds's. Slight perforation imperfections and minor cover toning, nevertheless a spectacular three-colour Chalon franking, correctly franking the August 1876 rate via Marseilles. Cert. BPA (2021).rnReference: Title page of 'Queensland Postal History' by H. M. Campbell (1990). Listed in the Ben Palmer sale of 'Pre-U.P.U. mail of Queensland' on page 139.rnProvenance: R. A. Perry (Melbourne) sale 131, (Feb. 1989), lot 313; Stanley Gibbons (Melbourne) sale (April 1993), lot 539.
    Starting bid : 1,000.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,000.00 CHF