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Lot# 30276 - Auction 309-320

  • Lot# : 30276 Tasmania

    Chalons. Recess by Perkins Bacon 1860/67: 6 d. lilac, imperforate, wmk. '6', a used example with good margins all round, on 1858 cover to Launceston, cancelled by manuscript "46" with "New Town 22-6-58" Postmaster's endorsement at left. Launceston "PRE-PAID" framed arrival on reverse (June 23) in red. A fine and scarce cover.rnrnProvenance: Collection Lewis C. Viney, RL, Geneva, 27 Nov 1980, lot 1746; Collection T.V. Roberts, RL, London, 26 April 1989, lot 2284; Collection Prof. Enrico Bombieri, Spink, Melbourne, 27-28 March 1999, lot 1204; Collection David MacNamee, Prestige, Melbourne, 7 May 2013, lot 297.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 320 CHF