Lot 71370 – THE ONLY ‘POST PAID’ PIN-PERF EXAMPLE RECORDED

1854-57 Post Paid 2d blue, latest impression, position 6, pin-perforation at top and right where margins are large, roughly separated at left, showing numeral ’16’ of two concentric rings with matching octagonal ‘EASTERN SUBURB/FE18.1857 hs at right of piece, presumably struck at Rivière Such, two slight creases affecting the stamp, of no importance for this, the only pin-example recorded in the ‘Post Paid’ issues, presumably from private origin, further enhanced by the exceedingly scarce usage of this rural town postmark, ex Vikram Chand and “Tatiana”, cert. BPA (1998).