Lot 70049 – 1848-59 Post Paid Issue, Worn Impressions, 1d. bright

1d. bright red on grey, worn Impression, horizontal pair, position 11/12, clear to large margins tied to a small fragment to Adelaide (AU), by dumb bar oval cancels in combination with « Britannia » issue 6d. blue, the piece with trivial age marks.

A most attractive and rare usage to an unusual destination, for an 8d. rate cover from the same correspondence see Kanai auction 1993 lot 187.

Provenance: Chand 2000 (Exhibited at British Library).