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

Courier 1853: 4 d. orange, imperforate, a used example with just shaved to good margins all round, small nick away from the design at left, on 1855 entire letter from Swansea to Hobart Town, cancelled on despatch by manuscript "# 58 #" in ink of Waterloo Point. Docketed at left "Swansea 4-8-55" by Postmaster on despatch with "PREPAID" arrival datestamp (Aug 7) in red. Swansea was only a Receiving House, all mail was sent via Waterloo Point. A rare and unusual entire.rnrnProvenance: Collection John Cress, Leski, Melbourne, 18 Nov 2003, lot 159.rn                     Collection David MacNamee, Prestige, Melbourne, 7 May 2013, lot 340.