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Lot# 30183 - Auction 309-320

  • Lot# : 30183 South Australia

    Adelaide Printing 1856/58: Adelaide 2 d. blood-red, wmk. Large Star, imperforate, a used horizontal pair, margins just touched at lower left otherwise fine all round, showing a "Dry Ink" variety affecting the upper halves of both stamps, lightly cancelled by "35" diamond obliterator of Watervale in black. An unusual pair.rnrnProvenance: Prestige, Melbourne, 19 March 2005, lot 334; Collection Michael Blake, Prestige, Melbourne, 7 Feb 2014, lot 1074.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 100 CHF