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Lot# 30713 - Auction 309-320

  • Lot# : 30713 Australia

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    Bicoloured Postage Dues 1931/36: Postage Due 6 d. carmine & yellow-green, wmk. Multiple Crown C of A, perf. 14, Ash printing, three used examples on incoming 1937 airmail cover from the Scarborough, UK (May 9) shortpaid at 6 d. for the 1/3d. rate, taxed on arrival in Freemantle (May 26) at double the deficiency = 1/6d. An astonishing and attractive usage, the largest recorded of this rare Postage Due on letter.rnrnProvenance: Schuyler Rumsey, San Francisco, 13 Oct 2017.
    Starting bid : 2,500 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold