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Lot# 30024 - Auction 309-320

  • Lot# : 30024 New South Wales

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    1851 (April): 2 d. dull ultramarine, Plate V, a horizontal pair, positions 22-23 with huge margins all round, on Evans correspondence entire letter at double rate to Albury cancelled by neat strikes of "48" numeral obliterators in black. Reverse with oval "TARCUTTA / ♚ / NEW S. WALES" datestamp of despatch (May 30) in black. Interesting content: "Sydney is in a state of excitement consequent upon the discovery of Gold mined to the westward of Bathurst and it is expected all goods and produce will rise in price, perhaps to an extravagant price...". Cover #161 in the Ben Palmer census, illustrated on page 154. A superb and delightful entire in the foremost quality.rnrnProvenance: RL, London, 11 Jan 1962, lot 930; Stanley Gibbons Merkur, Frankfurt, 16-19 March 1977, lot 432; Collection "Manwood", Siegel, 8 Nov 1995, lot 4275; Collection Dale Forster, DF, Geneva, 28-31 May 2002, lot 10612.rn 
    Starting bid : 3,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 6,500 CHF