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

Chalons. Recess by Perkins Bacon 1855 (Sept 16): 1 d. carmine, imperforate, wmk. Large Star, an unused horizontal pair, margins just shaved to very large at base, of wonderful fresh rich colour, unused without gum. An attractive and extremely rare multiple Gi = £ 2'400+.rnrnProvenance: Harmers, London, 16-17 Aug 1973, lot 233.rn                     Rod Perry, Melbourne, 1 Feb 1989, lot 467.rn                     Rod Perry, Melbourne, 5 Sept 2009, lot 300.rnrn