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

1863/81: Laureated 6 d. blue, a horizontal pair, used with single 2 d. lilac-grey tied to 1867 entire letter to Berlin by barred numeral "78" obliterators of St. Kilda. Reverse with oval St. Kilda (Dec 28) despatch and Melbourne datestamps and Berlin arrival in black; obverse with "Aus Frankreich per Aachen / Franco" in blue (Feb 12, 1868) and red 'PD'. Listed in the Ben Palmer census on page 107: the cover being overpaid for both the 11 d. via Southampton rate and the 10d. via Marseilles rates. A scarce and most attractive entire.rnrnProvenance: Collection J.R.W. Purves, RL, Zurich, 13 May 1981, lot 743.rn                     Collection Rod Perry, DF, Zurich, 23-25 May 1988, lot 11004.rn                     Rod Perry, Melbourne, 6 Aug 1994, lot 573.rn                     Rod Perry, Melbourne, 14 June 1996, lot 600.rn                     Prestige, Melbourne, 11 July 2007, lot 511.