Great Britain and British Commonwealth Moreton Bay District
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 897
Symbol: F
Numerals on New South Wales imperfs - all with full margins - with Barred Numeral '81' of Warwick on Sydney Views Plate I (No Clouds) and Laureates 2d, then Rays on Diadems comprising '85' of Drayton on 6d fawn, '86' of Gayndah on 2d, '87' of Ipswich on 6d grey pair, '95' of Brisbane on 1d scarlet-vermilion, 1d vermilion pair & 1/- pale dull red, and '96' of Maryborough on 6d fawn & 'REGISTERED' 1/- (just touched-at the top), stamps Cat £1250+.
1858 (Feb 24) large-part entire to Victoria with New South Wales Laureates 2d blue x3 singles with variable margins (the middle unit with four huge margins & frame-lines on three sides) tied by just-discernible Rays '86', fair 'GAYNDAH/NSW' b/s alongside very fine 'SHIP LETTER/FREE/MA*12/1858/G.P.O.VICTORIA' transit and largely fine 'WANGARATTA/MA 13/1858/VIC[TORIA]' Crowned-Oval arrival, a few light aging marks. The treaty rate was 6d per 1oz. [NOT a Union Bank cover]