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The purchase price payable by the buyer will be the sum of the final bid and a commission of 18% of the final bid (“buyer’s premium”), together with any sales tax, use tax or customs duties due on the sale.
Lot 3095 Victoria
- SG33
Description
Australian States, Victoria, 1855, 6p Lilac & Green, Too Late, Typograph, Calvert (SG 33). Huge balanced margins, used with 1855, 1p Dull Red, Eighth Printing, Campbell & Fergusson (SG 27), Position 23, huge margins to clear at top left, and 1855, 3p Blue, Ninth Printing, Campbell & Fergusson (SG 31b), Position 20, large balanced margins, tied by three well-struck "1V" barred oval cancels, "Melbourne Victoria OC 12 1855" oval datestamp on back of blue folded letter to Belfast, Port Fairy, "Belfast Victoria 14 OC 1855" crown-oval arrival backstamp EXTREMELY FINE. AN IMMACULATE THREE-COLOR FRANKING WITH THE 1855 6-PENCE TOO LATE STAMP OF VICTORIA. ONLY 35 COVERS ARE RECORDED USING THIS LATE FEE STAMP. A SPECTACULAR EXHIBIT-QUALITY POSTAL HISTORY ARTIFACT. According to the Geitenbeek census, just 35 covers are recorded using this Victoria 6p "Too Late" stamp. This is the world's first postage stamp issued for the payment of the late fee. This 6p fee was applied to covers which were handed within 15 minutes of mailbag closure. Ex Dale-Lichtenstein. With 1995 B.P.A. certificate (incorrectly identifying the 1p and 3p as SG Nos. 1a, 7).
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Estimated price
3000.00 - 4000.00 USD
Estimated price
3000.00 USD
(app. 2700 EUR)
End date of bidding:
Tuesday May 20th, 2025, 08:30 EDT
