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

1853 (May): Laureated 8 d. orange-yellow on bluish medium wove paper, the famous corner marginal used block of four, positions 1-2 / 11-12, shaved at right with clear to large margins on three sides, two small closed tears and horizontal bend on lower pair not affecting the appearance, with position 12 showing plate variety "No Lines in Spandrels", cancelled by reversed "9" numeral obliterators of Bathurst in black. Despite the imperfections an imortant multiple: the sole recorded used block of this value. Unique.rnrnProvenance: Collection Alfred H. Caspary, Harmers, London, 6-9 Oct 1958, lot 176.rn                     Collection "Manwood", Siegel, New York, 8 Nov 1995, lot 4441.rn                     Spink, London, 16 July 1995, lot 602.rn                     Prestige, Melbourne, 27 Aug 2005, lot 338.