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Auction: 22130 - The Philatelic Collector's Series - Featuring the “M” Collection of India, Part 2 - e-Auction - e-Auction
Lot: 30

(x) Australian Colonies
Victoria
1858 (4 Jan.) entire from Melbourne to Sydney, bearing 1857 Woodblock Calvert roulette 8-9 marginal 6d. orange-yellow [35] with roulettes on three sides with double roulettes at right, tied by Barred Numeral "1" and showing, on reverse, despatch and "ship letter/sydney" datestamps

Note: The vertical lines of rouletting are not parallel, indicating the use of a single line rouletter, and it is suggested this may have been an early experiment by Calvert prior to adopting his gauge 7-9 machine (see J.R.W. Purves in "The Emblems", page 17.

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Estimate
£400 to £500

Starting price
£320