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

1852 (Dec 3): Laureated 3 d. emerald green on thick blued wove paper, a used block of six (3 x 2), positions 5-7 / 15-17, with good to shaved margins, portions of adjoining stamps at left, cancelled by six strikes of Sydney dotted barred obliterators in black. Minor indentations caused by strength of the cancellations and thin spot on first stamp but a scarce multiple Gi = £ 1'500+.rnrnProvenance: Collection "Manwood", Siegel, New York, 8 Nov 1995, lot 4416.rn                     Spink, London, 16 July 1998, lot 598.rn                     Prestige, Melbourne, 27 Aug 2005, lot 337.