Auction 333-341 Western Australia & Great Britain - Day 3

Electric Telegraph Co. 1854 (June 1): Perkins Bacon 1 s. black on pale pink paper "20 words - under 50 miles", Control no. 9997 and 2 s. 6 d. black on blue paper "20 words - under 100 miles", Control number 9994; unused examples each on wmk. T.H. SANDERS thin wove paper imperforate, the 1 s. value with stain and small closed (possibly restorable) closed tear at base; the 2 s. 6 d. value with erratic margin at top but with large part og. Despite faults of great rarity - see the "London Philatelist" (Jan-Feb 2021) article by Brian Callan who states that Peter Langmead recorded less than 10 examples of each of the original stamps were still in existence. A copy of the article is included with the lot. Rare and most elusive.