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

Typographed from Woodblocks by Samuel Calvert 1857 (Aug-Sept): 2 s. dull bluish green on pale yellow paper (two examples), REGISTERED 1 s. rose-pink & blue and contemporarily defective Emblems 1 d. yellow-green, all used on small 1858 piece via England to France tied by barred numeral "3" of Castlemaine in black, and by 'Angl. / Calais' cds (8 Feb 1858) with London "♚ / REGISTERED" in red. A rare high (5/1d.) franking.rnrnProvenance: Collection Les Molnar, Prestige, Melbourne, 29 June 2012, lot 159.