379. Auktion

1854, 1d. grey-black, ample to large margins with ca. 3 mm sheet margin at top, very lightly used, extremely fine, certificate RPSV (1995)

1854/55, 2d. slate-blue in light shade, good full margins, unused without gum, very fine and fresh, a rare stamp, certificate RPSV (2013)

1860/64, 6d. sage-green, nice deep colour and good even margins, unused without gum, very fine and fresh, a scarce stamp, certificate RPSV (1996)

WESTERN AUSTRALIA – MALTA: 1857, entire letter, dated "Australind 5th/10th OCTO. 1857" to Malta, endorsed "per Steamer from King George Sound"and franked with 1854/55, 4 d. blue with large margins and pair 1 d. black, slightly touched at lower right, otherwise clear to good margins, tied by barred oval with adjacent "POST OFFICE AUSTRALIND WESTERN AUSTRALIA"; on reverse clear blue oval "AGENZIA DEL LLOYD AUSTRIACO MALTA". Most likely the letter was transported by the 'European & Australian Steam Navigation Company' to Suez, via 'Overland Mail', from Alexandria to Corfu by the Austrian Lloyd 'Trieste express line' and finally to Malta by a short-lived branch line. A very fine and fresh letter of great rarity, showing the only recorded example of the Austrian Lloyd agency handstamp of  Malta. Certificate BPA (2007)

Provenance:
Frank Chadwick (1978)
Henry Houser (1992)

1854/1911, sehr reichhaltige gestempelte und ungebrauchte Sammlung, nach Stanley Gibbons spezialisiert gesammelt mit Farben, Stempeln, Einheiten und Besonderheiten, dabei u.a. SG 1, 3 (9 mit Nuancen), 4 (7 mit Nuancen), 6a, 15 ungebraucht ohne Gummi (repariert), 18,19 (5), 131 (2), 173, etc. daneben kleiner Teil OS-Lochungen und größerer Stempelteil, viele Werte mit Attesten. Ein sehr schönes und interessantes Objekt.