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Auction: 21077 - Important Stamps and Covers of the World
Lot: 91

(x) Australian Colonies
Victoria
1854-59 Woodblocks
Six Pence Orange
Covers
1856 (13 Jan.) entire from Melbourne to Hobart, marked "pr Black Swan", bearing single-line roulette 6½ 6d. dull orange [26] (roulettes on three sides) tied by Barred Numeral "1" and showing boxed "ship letter inwards free" d.s. in red. Photo

Note: The date of this cover predates by some 19 months the start of "official" rouletting in August 1857.

Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.

Sold for
£280

Starting price
£280