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Lot# 3223 - Auction 321-332

  • Lot# : 3223 New South Wales

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    1850: 2 d. blue, Plate II (position 4) showing "No Whip and inner circle intersects Fan" variety, and 3 d. yellow-green on soft yellowish paper (position 1), each with large margins and of fine fresh colour, used on 1850 entire letter from Parramatta to London tied by bold strikes of barred "2" obliterator in black. Oval "SHIP LETTER / ♚ / SYDNEY" in red at right (June 20), reverse with "PARRAMATTA / ♚ / NEW S. WALES" despatch in black (June 19) and London arrival cds (Nov 4) in red where rated "8d." for an incoming Ship Letter in manuscript. Slight internal repairs to chatty letter "Still living in the Union Inn Public House...Beef at 1d. per pound". Palmer cover census #141. A fresh and fine entire.rnrnProvenance: Harmers, London, 31 Oct - 1 Nov 1955, lot 302; Christie's, London, 25 May 1995, lot 2115; collection "Carrington", Millenium, Sydney, 7 Nov 2012, lot 192.
    Starting bid : 2,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 4,400 CHF