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Auction: 15024 - Western Australia from the Vestey Collection
Lot: 34

Western Australia
1854 (Aug.) One Penny Black
Imperforate Covers
1857 (13 July) envelope to Charlbury and redirected to Oxford bearing, on reverse, 1d. block of six (3x2) with margins all round, all cancelled by void obliterator, showing Perth boxed d.s. and arrival c.d.s. (25.9) alongside with London transit c.d.s. in red (25.9) on face; the block split during opening, subsequently removed, the internal tear repaired, and hinged back onto the cover, the block also with some red ink offset on central pair. The largest recorded used multiple and one of three known - see also lot 10. P.F. (1981) and B.P.A. (1998) Certificates. Photo

provenance:
John Gartner, April 1979

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Sold for
£18,000