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Lot# 3215 - Auction 321-332

  • Lot# : 3215 New South Wales

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    1850: 1 d. dull carmine, Plate II (positions 6/11) on horizontally laid paper, a vertical pair with just clear to huge margins, showing portions of two adjoining stamps at right, used on 1851 cover to Yass lightly tied by obliterators in black. Reverse with circular "SYDNEY ♚ / NEW SOUTH WALES" despatch datestamp (March 1) and oval "YASS / ♚ / NEW S. WALES" arrival (March 4) in black. Side flaps missing and slight bend in margin between stamps but an attractive and scarce multiple. Palmer cover #83. Signed Miro.rnrnProvenance: Collection Alfred Clayton, Harmers, London, Dec 7-8 and 14-15 1959, lot 619; Harmers, London, 29 Aug 1996, lot 898; Christie's, London, 13 Dec 1994, lot 735; Spink, London, 23-24 May 2002, lot 527; Millennium, Sydney, 12 Feb 2003, lot 503; Schuyler Rumsey, 2-4 Dec 2005, lot 2099; Spink, London, 9-11 Nov 2011, lot 1792; Abacus, Melbourne, 30-31 Aug 2020, lot 1377.
    Starting bid : 2,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 5,500 CHF