Lot 164 Australia - Victoria SG#311-b, 312a, 313-d,f, 315b, 355, 329 (SC# 160, 161, 169, 172, 182) 1/2d - 2.5d Pink - Red on Yellow , 1886-1896 Reading Design Stamp Duty Issue, 14 Fine/Very Fine Used Singles, V over Crown Rounded Wmk, V2 Paper

14 fine/very fine used singles of the 1/2d - 2.5d pink - red on yellow from the 1886-1896 Reading Design Stamp Duty Issue, v over crown rounded wmk, v2 paper.

Includes all Gibbons listed shades of the 1/2d, and all but the bright yellow orange of the 1d, being dull chestnut, deep red brown, deep red brown on pink, orange brown, brown red and yellow brown.

Gibbons values these at £34.5, so we estimate them at $20. The stamps offered here grade between 65 and 80 as follows:

Centering/Margins: 25/60, 30/60, 35/60, 40/60

Paper Freshness: 5/5

Colour: 5/5

Impression: 5/5

Absence of Visible Paper Flaws: 5/5

Perforations: 10/10

Cancellation: 6/10, 8/10, 10/10