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Auction: 6031 - British Empire Stamps & Covers
Lot: 2369

x Victoria Half-Lengths Third state of die altered to give effect of vertical drapes, Fifth printing 2d. drab, a fine example tied by barred oval "11" on 1852 (15 Feb.) envelope from Burn Bank to Melbourne showing, on reverse, despatch and arrival oval datestamps. S.G. 13. Photo Estimate £ 500-600Note: Nine covers are recorded bearing this stamp, all paying the 2d. inland letter rate. provenance: Sir Chester Beatty

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£450