David Feldman Great Britain & British Empire December 13 2019

177 Geneva, December 13, 2019 Lot N° Symbol(s) / Photo Page Cat. N° (SG) Estimate ( £ ) Victoria 50712 50713 50712 H 16b 1850-53 Intermediate Stone 2d dull brownish lilac, pos. 6, large margins, neat butterfly “15” cancel, fine and attractive 100 - 150 50713 H 17 1850-53 Intermediate Stone 2d cinnamon, pos. 30, stunning corner margin example just touched at top right, neat butterfly “38” in blue of Warnambool, fine, ex Wawn 400 - 500 50714 F / 176 40 1853 & 1856, Pair of covers; 1856 (Nov 7) Wrapper from Ballarat to Geelong with 1856 1d yellow- green, wmk Large Star, in combination with Half-Length 3d blue tied by barred numeral, adhesives just touched to clear margins, despatch and arrival bs, fine, plus 1853 (Feb 9) Envelope from Melbourne to Ballarat with 1852 Queen-on-thone 2d purple-brown tied by “1 / V” in oval of bars, good to large margins, despatch bs, minor soiling else fine 200 - 300 50715 F / 176 1857 Mourning envelope from Beechworth endorsed “Per Steamship Great Britain”, with 1854 2d Queen-on-Throne (weak impression) vert. pair, outer frameline cut into at top, tied by “9” 12-bar numeral, sent to Ireland with Liverpool Ship ds and Athy arrival adjacent, reverse with despatch, Melbourne transit and “BALLYLINAN” s/l hs, opened for display, fine and scarce 200 - 300 50716 F / 176 1892 Insufficiently franked cover from Melbourne to Maggia/Switzerland bearing 1890-95 1d orange- brown(2), MELBOURNE FE 29 92 despatch cds on reverse, underpaid 1/2d, taxed upon arrival with Swiss postage due 1889 10c light green tied MAGGIA 3 IV 92 cds, very fine and scarce, cert. Guinand (1989) 500 - 600 Western Australia 50717 DCE 4a 1854-55 1s Deep Red-Brown unused, fine to very good margins, very fine, signed and cert. A. Brun (1949) (SG £2’000) 340 - 400 The currency for this auction is the British pound La monnaie utilisée pour cette vente est la livre sterling Die Währung für diese Versteigerung ist britische Pfund