AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, VICTORIA, 1850-59 HALF-LENGTHS, ORIGINAL STATE OF DIES

Lot 126		Estimate: $3,000T Realised Price : $2,300 1d Dull Chocolate-Brown, SG 1b, clear margins three sides, Butterfly '15' (Geelong), 'pin-hole speck' mentioned for accuracy otherwise an extraordinary example
Lot 127		Estimate: $1,000 Realised Price : $950 2d Lilac-Mauve, SG 2, unusually large-margined for this, probably from base of sheet, lightly cancelled in blue. Cert states 'tiny pinhole caused by impact of Butterfly obliterator'
Lot 128		Estimate: $750 2d Brown-Lilac, SG 3, large-margined except where touched at top left, greenish black Butterfly '1'
Lot 129		Estimate: $500 Realised Price : $420 2d Grey-Lilac (Stone B printing), SG 3a, margins except where touched upper left
Lot 130		Estimate: $1,500 Realised Price : $1,150 3d Blue, SG 4a, full-margined pair, left unit showing prominent secondary flaw in upper panel, neatly cancelled Butterfly '1' (Melbourne). Ex Perry