Auction 333-341 Nigeria, Cameroon, Sudan & Worldwide Postal History - Day 4

1853: Half Length 3 d. blue, white veils, imperforate, an irregular block of six with good to touched margins and one with small closed scissor cut and another with corner missing, all used on 1854 entire letter (the Marco Polo Chronicle) to Newlyn, Cornwall tied by oval framed "V/1" handstamps with "MELBOURNE / ♚ / VICTORIA" despatch at right (Feb 9), rated "2/8d." due on arrival in manuscript. No backstamp but the mimeographed Chronicle itself is complete, despite the faults a rare usage.