Auction 321 - 332 Australian States & Commonwealth of Australia, New South Wales, St. Helena, Basutoland The ‘BESANÇON’ Collection - Day 2

Postage Dues, Typographed at NSW Printing Office, Sydney 1903 (Oct): Postage Due Numeral 10 s. dull green, wmk. Crown over NSW, perf. 11, a fine commercially used example lightly cancelled by "GPO Sydney / Parcels Branch" cds struck in violet. A most elusive and very rare stamp, the SG porice is for a cancelled to order example Gi = £ 2'000 / BW 44 = $ 4'000.rnrnProvenance: Premier, Melbourne, 25 Jan 2003, lot 172.