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Auction: 21077 - Important Stamps and Covers of the World
Lot: 120

(x) Australian Colonies
Victoria
1854-59 Woodblocks
Two Shillings Green
Covers
1854 (9 Sept.) entire from Melbourne to Aberdeen, marked "pr Croesus", bearing 2/- dull bluish green on pale yellow [5] rouletted 7½ at top and at left, tied by Barred Oval "1", showing manuscript "1/4" and despatch datestamp with London and arrival datestamps on reverse. A rare cover illustrating the undocumented, but apparently official, experimental use of a rouletting machine in Melbourne in 1854. Photo

provenance:
A. Caspary, 1958

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

Sold for
£1,600

Starting price
£1200