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  • Lot# : 40300 Victoria

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    Lithographed by Thomas Ham 1850: 2 d. dull grey, imperforate, Third State of the Dies, position 21, a used example with large to huge margins all round, used on 1850 Official cover endorsed "O.H.M.S." to Charles La Trobe, H.M. Superintendent, Melbourne, cancelled by fine strike of scarce "11 / V" Butterfly handstamp (with both the numeral '11's' reversed) of  Mount Macedon. Backstamped in Port Phillip and Melbourne (June 22). Mount Macedon was re-named Kyneton on 1 January 1854. The 'Pack' ink indications have been removed. One of just two Half-Length covers recorded from Mount Macedon. Cert. BPA (1977).rnrnProvenance: Collection Charles Lathrop Pack, Harmer Rooke, New York, 6-8, 13-15 Dec 1944, lot 1866.rn                     Collection Admiral Harris, Harmer Rooke, New York, 21 Nov 1952.rn                     Collection Gary Diffen, Spink, London, 14 Nov 2007, lot 68.rn                     Prestige, Melbourne, 5 Feb 2009, lot 494.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,000 CHF