Auction 321 - 332 Australian States & Commonwealth of Australia, New South Wales, St. Helena, Basutoland The ‘BESANÇON’ Collection - Day 2

1851/55: Laureated 2 d. ultramarine on bluish medium paper, Plate I, all with good to large margins all round, with 2 d. Prussian blue, Plate III, clear to ample margins all round, used on 1855 registered cover to the Australian Club, Sydney tied by barred numeral "35" and by two line "REGISTERED / GOULBURN" with repeated strike below the adhesives. Reverse with oval "GOULBURN / ♚ / NEW S. WALES" despatch (March 13) and faint circular Sydney arrival (March 16) in black. Filing spike hole affects lower left corner of fourth stamp, but a cover of great aesthetic appeal and very rare. Signed Forster.rnrnProvenance: Wise, Jan 1948; Collection "V.P. Manwood", Siegel, New York, 8 Nov 1995, lot 4399; collection "Carrington", Millennium, Sydney, 7 Nov 2012, lot 366.