AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, VICTORIA, 1855-56 2D QUEEN-ON-THRONE

Lot 216		Estimate: $750 2d Brown [2], SG 37, large margins, lightly cancelled, slight stain on reverse. This extremely rare shade is believed to be a proof/colour trial pressed into postal use. Kellow states 'about one dozen copies are known' and thus at £70 the catalogue value is irrelevant. Ex Perry
Lot 217		Estimate: $1,250 2d Brown pair [13/14], SG 37, full-margined except where barely touched right base, minute thin in sheet margin at top
Lot 218		Estimate: $750 Realised Price : $575 2d Brown [18], SG 37, large margins, lightly cancelled. Ex Perry
Lot 219		Estimate: $1,000 2d Brown pair [37-38], SG 37, very large-margined, horizontal crease
Lot 220		Estimate: $1,000 2d Brown pair [45-46], SG 37, large margins, vertical crease in [46] has culminated in a small tear