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Lot# 3207 - Auction 321-332

  • Lot# : 3207 New South Wales

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    1850: 1 d. reddish-rose, Plate I (positions 21-22) in a horizontal pair with huge margins all round the right hand stamp with insignificant surface scuff at top, used with single 3 d. myrtle-green on soft yellowish paper (position 14), large margins all round and slightly overlapping the pair, on the famous 1850 cover from Gresford to Hobart, Van Diemen's Land all tied by bold strikes of "61" barred obliterators in black. Obverse with oval "PAID SHIP LETTER / ♚ / SYDNEY" in red (May 8) and manuscript "4d." due for incoming Ship fee; reverse "GRESFORD / ♚  / NEW S. WALES" despatch datestamp (May 6) and Crowned "PATTERSON" transit together with framed "SHIP LETTER" Hobart arrival (June  8) in black. Palmer cover census #108. Just three covers are recorded with the rare 3 d. myrtle-green. A magnificent and extremely attractive cover for the connoisseur (see the extraordinary provenances below) of the Sydney Views. Cert. P. Holcombe (1999).rnProvenance: Collection Charles Lathrop Pack, Harmers, New York, 6-8 and 13-15 Dec 1944, lot 982; Harmers, London, 6-9 Oct 1958, lot 14; collection Alfred H. Caspary, Harmers, New York, 6-9 Oct 1958, lot 14; collection Dr. Chan Chin Cheung, Harmers, London, 29 May 1961, lot 116; collection Lars Amundsen, SG, London, 6-8 Dec 1967, lot 321; SG First Hong Kong sale, 28-29 Sept 1976, lot 3; collection "Espana", Harmers, London, 23 March 1984, lot 2023; Rod Perry, Melbourne, 6 Feb 1998, lot 671; Rod Perry, Melbourne, 18 March 1999, lot 559; collection "Besançon", Corinphila sale 223, 31 May 2018, lot 3050.
    Starting bid : 20,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 20,000 CHF