Auction 321 - 332 Australian States & Commonwealth of Australia, St. Helena, Basutoland, Bechuanaland, Swaziland, Brazil 1843 –1870 - Day 1

1873/87: Bantam ½ d. rose-red (2), Bell 1880/84 1 d. green in a block of eight (4 x 2), 2 d. brown (6, including a block of four), perf. 12½, used on obverse and reverse of 1882 registered cover to Vienna, Austria endorsed "per S.S. Liguria via Naples", tied by "1" obliterators and by oval "REGISTERED / MELBOURNE" datestamp (Feb 22). Reverse with Naples transit (March 30) and Vienna arrival. Listed in the Ben Palmer census on pagee 37. A most attractive and scarce cover.rnrnProvenance: London & Brighton, London, 18 Sept 1981, lot 125.rn                     Collection Guy Linfield, Millenium, Melbourne, 11 Oct 2006, lot 303.rn                     Prestige, Melbourne, 29 March 2008, lot 483.