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

1887/94: 2½ d. ultramarine, wmk. Crown CA, perf. 14, the 1893 printing, an unused vertical strip of three (positions 97 / 109 / 121), sheet marginal at left, with central stamp showing variety "Surcharge Double", of fine fresh colour and superb appearance, hinged for protection, small part og. A spectacular and beautiful positional example of this rare variety, undoubtedly the most attractive of the 6 examples possible, one being housed in the collection of His Majesty King Charles III. Cert. RPSL (1969) Gi = £ 25'000.rnNote: The overprint forme for the 2½d. consisted of ten rows of six impressions. On one single sheet, the application of the forme at lower left was one row too high, resulting in the first six stamps of row 10 receiving a double overprint.rnSingle example in Justine (lot 154), marginal strip of three in Hind (lot 712); strip three in Ayre (lot 1167); strip of three in SG (Oct 973, lot 115) and one in the Royal collection.rnProvenance: Collection Arthur Hind, Harmers, London, 11-13 June 1934, lot 712.