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General Sale No. 53 |
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AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, NEW SOUTH WALES, THE DIADEM ISSUES, 2D LITHOGRAPH
| Lot 1038 |
2d Pale Blue Lithographed and 1/- Pale Red (both four-margined) tied by Sydney 'N.S.W.' in concentric ovals duplex on 1859 (14 Aug) entire to Maine, U.S.A. With London PAID ds in red (OC 14 59), '5/N. YORK AM PKT' arrival d.s. (OCT 26), and mss '8' accountancy mark. Very fine, and the only recorded use of the 2d lithograph on an overseas cover or in combination with another value. Ex Wiggins and 'Manwood'  | |||
