THE DIADEMS, PERFORATED 12, ONE PENNY

Lot 584		Estimate: $175 Realised Price : $135 1d Orange-red with large part brownish o.g. Centered lower left and with soft paper adhesions on reverse, but scarce. SG 131, Cat. £225
Lot 585		Estimate: $250 Realised Price : $280 1d Orange-red and 1d Scarlet, both unused without gum. Few perforation faults but a scarce duo. SG 131/2, Cat. £395 (2)
Lot 586		Estimate: $300 Realised Price : $400 1d Orange-red, 2d Prussian blue and 6d Grey-brown tied by Sydney duplexes on 1861 (21 Jan) outer to Cockermouth, Cumberland. Endorsed ‘via Marseilles’, with arrival ds (MR 17 61) on reverse. A clean and very attractive tricolour franking representing the 9d via Marseilles rate for a ¼oz. letter. Ex Burrus