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

Typographed from electrotypes by Samuel Calvert 1857 (Sept): Emblems 1 d. bright yellow-green, wmk. Large Star, imperforate, a used horizontal strip of four with ample to large margins all round, of fine fresh colour, cancelled by barred numeral "1" of Melbourne in black. Most attractive and very scarce so fine. Signed G. Bolaffi (1970) and A. Diena.rnrnProvenance: Prestige, Melbourne, 15 May 2004, lot 986.