Auction 333-341 Western Australia & Great Britain - Day 3

Electric Telegraph Co. 1855/60: Perkins Bacon printing from Plate 2, Three pence black on pale yellow wove paper, without Control number and One shilling black on buff paper (printed Oct 1857) without Control number at top left; the 3 d. value with corner bend and some light surface soiling at top left otherwise fine unused, the 1 s. with closed tear at top but with large part og. Despite faults of great rarity - see the "London Philatelist" (Jan-Feb 2021) article by Brian Callan who states that Peter Langmead recorded less than 10 examples of each of the original stamps were still in existence. A copy of the article is included with the lot. Rare and most elusive.