AUSTRALASIA, AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, VICTORIA, 1850-53 HALF-LENGTHS - FOURTH STATE OF DIES

Lot 271		Estimate: $2,000 Realised Price : $1,500 2d Red-Lilac [26], SG 15, enormous-margined example on 1850 (24 May) 'Ladies' envelope (small fault lower right) locally addressed at Melbourne. Overpays 1d Town Letter rate, a fact not overlooked by writer who added a postscript on flap 'I have no 1d stamp for the enclosed'. 2005 RPSV Certificate. Ex Macartney Correspondence, Perry
Lot 272		Estimate: $600 Realised Price : $1,450 2d shades, SG 16-16b, complete reconstruction of Stone B 7th printing, includes vertical pair, mostly Butterfly cancel, mixed condition (30). Minimum Cat £2250
Lot 273		Estimate: $6,000 Realised Price : $11,000 2d Olive-Drab, extremely rare unused pair [26-27], SG 17d, from base margin of sheet. 2005 RPSV Certificate. Ex Caspary, Purves, Perry