Auction 333-341 Nigeria, Cameroon, Sudan & Worldwide Postal History - Day 4

1853 (Nov 1): Plate I, First State of the Plate, 4 d. bright red-orange, a used example showing superb well defined engine-turning of the surround, large even margins all round and of brilliant colour, on 1854 cover to Hobart Town tied by neat "59" obliterator of Launceston with LAUNCESTON despatch cds at left (July 26) in black. 'Paid' arrival (July 27) in red also on obverse of a very fine and extremely rare cover. Cert. RPSV (2024).
Provenance: Collection P.W. Robinson, SG, London, 17 May 1984, lot 21.