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Lot# 20345 - Auction 298-307

  • Lot# : 20345 Victoria

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    Lithographed by Thomas Ham 1850 (Jan): 2 d. grey-lilac, Second State of the Dies, a used horizontal strip of five, positions 26-30, margins touched to fine all round, each superbly cancelled by upright strikes of Butterfly "15" handstamps of Geelong in blue with partial manuscript on fifth stamp. A truly splendid multiple, one of just two such recorded, of excellent provenance and superb appearance. Illustrated in "The Stamps of Victoria" by Geoff Kellow RDP on colour plate 2. Exquisite Gi = £ 1'100+.rnProvenance: Collection E.J. Lee, Plumridge, London, 6-14 March 1930, lot 274; Collection Maurice Burrus, RL, London, 11 Feb 1964, lot 525; Collection Lars Amundsen, SG, London, 6-8 Dec 1967, lot 583; Collection John Boker, Harmers, London, 14 April 1981, lot 102; Collection Rod Perry; Mossgreen, Melbourne, 5-6 March 2015, lot 1538.
    Starting bid : 10,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 13,000 CHF