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

Emblems 1859 (Jan-May): Emblems 1 d. yellow-green, no wmk., on thin glazed Bordeaux (pelure) paper, perforated 12 by F.W. Robinson, a used horizontal pair lightly cancelled in black. An extremely rare multiple of a stamp unknown in unused condition. Cert. Perry (2006).rnrnProvenance: Collection J.R.W. Purves, RL, London, 4 Nov 1981, lot 426.rn                     Collection Rod Perry, DF, Zurich, 16-21 Nov 1987, lot 20354.rn                     Collection Ken Barelli, Prestige, Melbourne, 2 May 2014, lot 3116.