SPECIMEN STAMPS OF THE AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, VICTORIA, 1871-84 STAMP STATUTES

Lot 375		Estimate: $12,000 Realised Price : $20,000 Wmk V over Crown (V1) Perf 13 ½d on 1d to £5 Stamp Statutes with Type 13 diagonal overprints. A beautiful set with large part o.g. in wonderful condition for this most spectacular of overprint types. Unique, the only other example of a Type 13 overprint on Stamp Statutes being a duplicate of the 1d value The Stamp Statute issues were authorised for postal use from 1 January 1884
Lot 376		Estimate: $750 Realised Price : $1,050 Wmk V over Crown (V1) Perf 13 £1 Mauve on Yellow with Type 10 overprint in black overstruck with Type 11 in red. Large part o.g. with some adhesions from previous affixing. Two examples recorded
Lot 377		Estimate: $1,000 Realised Price : $2,000 Wmk V over Crown (V1) Perf 13 £5 Black and Yellow-Green with Type 10 overprint x 3 (one in red and two in black), the red overprint overstruck with Type 11 in red. Large part o.g. with some adhesions from previous affixing, and a couple of tiny thins, plus a surface thin at base, still a spectacular Specimen stamp. Two examples recorded