AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, VICTORIA, 1850-59 HALF-LENGTHS, THIRD STATE OF DIES

Lot 141		Estimate: $750 1d Dull Red pair, SG 8a, slightly ragged full margins revealing portion of five adjoining units, cancelled rare Butterfly '17' (Lake Colac)
Lot 142		Estimate: $750 1d Brownish Red pair, SG 9a, full-margined, cancelled BO '18' (Portland)
Lot 143		Estimate: $500T Realised Price : $380 2d Olive-Grey, SG 10, on 1850 (9 Dec) entire to Melbourne tied by indistinct Butterfly '7' of Maiden's Punt (rated RR), arrival backstamp
Lot 144		Estimate: $1,000 3d Blue, SG 11, full-margined except where touched at base, tied by BO '1' to 1852 (21 Dec) cover to UK, backstamped Ship Letter/Melbourne datestamp in error or during temporary absence/mislaying of regular Melbourne datestamp. Ex Perry
Lot 145		Estimate: $750 3d Deep Blue, SG 11a, full-margined, tied by BO '1' and Melbourne datestamp to 1853 (29 Nov) cover to UK, paying Ship letter rate. Ex Perry
Lot 146		Estimate: $1,000 Realised Price : $750 3d Pale Greenish Blue, SG 11b, full-margined except at left top where touched by irregular separation. Rare shade unused. Ex Harvey, Perry