Auction 321 - 332 Australian States & Commonwealth of Australia, St. Helena, Basutoland, Bechuanaland, Swaziland, Brazil 1843 –1870 - Day 1

Recess by H. and C. Best 1856 (Nov 24): Chalon 1 d. deep red-brown, imperforate, no wmk., on thin pelure paper, an unused horizontal strip of three, of superb rich depth of colour, large to minutely shaved margins, fresh and very fine. An exceptional and extremely rare and famous multiple. Unique Gi = £ 28'500+.rnrnProvenance: Ventom, Bull & Cooper, London, sale 110, 28 April 1898.rn                     Collection Col. L. Praportchetovich, Plumridge, London, 23-24 March 1933.rn                     Collection Julius Beresford, RL, London, 12 May 1954, lot 467.rn                     Collection Sebastian Earl, RL, Geneva, 25 April 1980, lot 2148.rn                     Collection "Maxwell Hayes", DF, Geneva, 17 Nov 1987.rn                     Rod Perry, Melbourne, 1 Feb 1989, lot 491.rn                     Prestige, Melbourne, 5 Sept 2009, lot 314.