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  • Lot# : 30340 Victoria

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    Lithographed by Thomas Ham 1851 (June): 3 d. blue, imperforate, 2nd State of the Dies (12-13) a used horizontal pair with 5th printing 1 d. bright pinky-red horizontal pair, margins good to touched in places, used on cover front to London endorsed "pr. Honduras" and thence forwarded to Berlin, cancelled by three strikes of "26 / V" Butterfly handstamp in black. '8' (pence) ship letter fee deleted on forwarding, most probably as an enclosure. The "Honduras" left Melbourne on 29 Aug 1851 and arrived in London on 8 January 1852. One of just two recorded pairs of this stamp on letter. Rare and most attractive.rn Provenance: Collection Gary Diffen, Spink, London, 14 Nov 2007, lot 46; Prestige, Melbourne, 12 June 2010, lot 667.
    Starting bid : 1,200 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,200 CHF