Auction: 6031 - British Empire Stamps & Covers
Lot: 2367
Victoria Half-Lengths Third state of die, Fourth printing 3d. blue, touched at top left, tied by barred oval "1" on 1854 (28 Nov.) entire letter from Melbourne to Edinburgh, marked "pr Chusan", showing manuscript "1/10" rate marking and slightly over-inked "paid/melbourne" oval d.s. in red (applied in error for Melbourne datestamp), fine; also Fifth printing 3d. blue with barely any margins, tied by barred oval "1" on 1853 (26 Nov.) envelope to Adelaide, showing manuscript "6" rate marking with despatch and arrival datestamps. S.G. 12, 14
Sold for
£100