Auction 333-341 Australian States & Commonwealth of Australia and New Zealand – The ‚KOOYONG‘ Collection - Day 2

1890: Official 5 s. deep purple, wmk. 5/-, perf. 10 overprinted OS in red, a used example of this scarce stamp cancelled by datestamp (3 April 1890) in black. A rare stamp, approximately a dozen commercially used examples are recorded (most items offered are the 1895 reprints cto from the collector sets), a much under-catalogued stamp. Cert. RPSL (2014) Gi = £ 800.