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

Stamp Duty 1884: Stamp Duty £ 6 blue on pink, wmk. V over Crown upright, perf. 13, lithographed on glazed paper, an unused example of good colour, overprinted "SPECIMEN" diagonally reading up (Type 20) in black, trivial blunting of perfs. at base, large part og. Extremely rare with just two examples recorded. Cert. RPSV (2012).rnrnProvenance: Collection Les Molnar, Prestige, Melbourne, 29 June 2012, lot 396.