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

1854: Swan 1 d. black, a horizontal pair, margins shaved to fine and single lithographed 4 d. blue with large margins all round, used on 1856 cover to Norwood, South Australia tied by "14" numeral obliterators of Albany. Oval framed "POST OFFICE / ♛ / ALBANY / WESTERN AUSTRALIA" in red at left and "G.P.O. / SOUTH AUSTRALIA" datestamp (Feb 15) in black on obverse and reverse with South Australian diamond numeral '8' of Norwood applied on arrival with manuscript receipt "15/2/56" below. An attractive and rare first issue usage.rnrnProvenance: Harmers, London, 20-22 March 1979, lot 1811.rn                     Collection 'Austin' (John DuPont), SG, London, 9 May 1985, lot 16.rn                     Collection Cecil Walkely, Prestige, Melbourne, 27 Nov 2010, lot 86.