Lot 702
[ Remove ] | [ C ] | AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH - POSTAGE DUES - MONOCOLOURED ISSUES - 1902-1904 BASE COMPLETED [ View this Category ]
Estimate: $5,000 | Realised Price : $4,000 |
1902-04 Base Completed Watermark Crown over NSW 5/- Dull Green Perf 12 x 11 irregular block of 54 cancelled 'PARCEL POST TOWNSVILLE/QUEENSLAND' cds affixed to sheet headed 'Townsville June 12th 1925' and endorsed 'Landing charges and Com Tax on 120 parcels £13-10-0'. One stamp defective and a few with small stains nevertheless an extraordinary and unique usage. A number of other (smaller) blocks used in Townsville in 1925-26 are known, and indicate the retention of stocks of this high value for over 20 years. For those who might wish the use of the 10/- or 20/- stamps instead of the 5/-, those two higher values were never sent to Queensland. A major rarity of the monocolour postage dues |