Lot 51458 – 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).