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

Lithographed by Thomas Ham 1850 (May): 2 d. red-lilac, imperforate, 4th State of the Die, Stone B, a used example, large to huge margins all round showing portion of adjoining stamps at top and at base, cancelled by fine upright strike of "37 / V" Butterfly handstamp of Melbourne in black. Note the large retouch of the vertical lines below "IA" of VICTORIA at top right, leaving the "A" of Victoria erased. A magnificent example Gi = £ 350.rnrnProvenance: Prestige, Melbourne, 14 Aug 2004, lot 780.