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| Lot | Sym. | Lot Description | Est/Cat | Realized |
| 416° |  |
 NEW SOUTH WALES, 1859, 2p Pale Cobalt Blue, Lithographed (34C, SG 110). Ample to large margins except just touched at lower left, used with 1854, 1sh Pale Red, Wmk. "12" (31, SG 128), huge margins all
around, tied together by Sydney duplex with "NSW" oval on August 1859 bluish folded cover to Prospect Ferry, Maine, red London transit, black New York "5" cents debit cds, carried on the Salsette and Delta, arriving Southampton
Oct. 14, prepaid for the -1/2 oz. rate to U.S. via England, ms. "8" pence due to the British Post Office, New York debit for postage due on arrival, minor creasing in cover and tape stain at bottom right, still Very Fine, this is the only recorded
usage of the the 2p Diadem lithograph on an overseas cover and the only recorded usage in combination with another value, ex Wiggins, with 1967 B.P.A. certificate (Image Magnifier) |
E. 3,000-4,000 | 0.00 |
| 417° | |
 WESTERN AUSTRALIA, 1854, 1p Black (1, SG 1). Vertical strip of four, large margins to ample showing part of adjacent stamps at top and left, tied by barred oval handstamps on 1858 cover to South Wales,
England, bold strike of oval "Post Office York, Western Australia" with crown handstamp, receiving backstamp, reduced at left, stamps and cover creased and lightly cleanedVERY FINE APPEARANCE. AN EXTREMELY RARE VERTICAL STRIP OF FOUR USED ON COVER. ONLY FOUR STRIPS KNOWN. The rarity of this franking is confirmed by the fact that none was present in the great Hind, Caspary, Burrus or Dale-Lichtenstein collections. With 1982 R.P.S. certificate (Image Magnifier) |
E. 10,000-12,000 | 7,000.00 |