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

Typographed from Woodblocks by Samuel Calvert 1857 (Aug-Sept): 6 d. orange-yellow, serpentine roulette 10-10½ by Calvert, a used example with generous margins all round, prominent roulettes at base, cancelled by barred numeral "40" of Echuca in black. Rare so fine Gi = £ 180.rnrnProvenance: Prestige, Melbourne, 25 June 2003, lot 787.