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Auction: 6031 - British Empire Stamps & Covers
Lot: 2377

x Victoria Half-Lengths Fourth state of die altered to give effect of vertical drapes, Seventh printing 2d. brown-lilac tied by barred oval "1" on 1852 (7 Aug.) envelope from the Lieutenant Governor (red wax seal on reverse) in Melbourne to Geelong, showing despatch and arrival datestamps on reverse. S.G. 16b. Photo Estimate £ 150-180Note: Twenty covers are recorded bearing this stamp, all paying the 2d. inland letter rate.

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