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  • Lot# : 30352 Victoria

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    Recess by Perkins Bacon 1856: 1 d. yellow-green, imperforate or rouletted, a used example on 1856 cover to the Surveyor-General in Melbourne, over-lapped by half-length 3 d. blue, imperforate with ample to good margins, tied by unclear barred numeral "5" obliterator in black. Reverse with Ballarat despatch (Oct 28) and Melbourne arrival of the following day. Vertical bend affects the 3 d. adhesive but a scarce and attractive cover.rnrnProvenance: Collection Gary Diffen, Spink, London, 14 Nov 2007, lot 381.rn                     Prestige, Melbourne, 12 June 2010, lot 678.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 250 CHF