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Auction: 8021 - British Empire Stamps and Covers
Lot: 1557

x Victoria 1850-59 Half-Lengths 3d. Fourth Printing - S.G. 11, 11a, 11b 3d. greenish blue [12] with mainly good margins, clearly tied by Barred Oval "1" on 1853 (5 Nov.) entire from Melbourne to London, marked "p Balaarat", showing manuscript "8", large part despatch d.s. with red arrival c.d.s. (9.2) on reverse; the entire with some light creases. Scarce, twelve covers are recorded bearing this shade. S.G. 11b. Photo Estimate £ 200-250 provenance: Rod Perry

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