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

Recess by H. Best 1857/69: Chalon 1 d. red-brown, imperforate, wmk. '1' inverted, a used horizontal strip of three from the first printing in the same colour as the previous unwatermarked pelure paper issue, from base of sheet with wmk. lines, large margins on all sides and showing portion of adjoining stamps at top and at right, cancelled by crisp strikes of "75" numeral obliterator of Hobart. An important and famous strip in the foremost quality, an exceptionally pretty multiple.rnrnProvenance: Collection Maurice Burrus, RL, London, 28 Nov 1962, lot 526.rn                     Collection Prof. Enrico Bombieri, Spink, London, 27-28 March 1999, lot 1079.rn                     Collection "Besançon", Corinphila sale 221, Zurich, 23 Nov 2017, lot 6319.