Lot 187 Australia - Victoria SG#329 (SC# 171) 1d Orange Brown , 1896-1899 Reading Design Stamp Duty Issue, A Very Fine Used Single, V Over Crown (V1 - Pointy Crown) With 845 Numeral Cancel For Crossover
A very fine used single of the 1d orange brown from the 1896-1899 Reading Design Stamp Duty Issue, v over crown (v1 - pointy crown) with 845 numeral cancel for crossover.
1891 Emergency printing during white paper shortage. Originally assigned to crossover, a tiny gold mining locally & then to Nubeena - a remote orched settlement.
Gibbons doesn't list this variety, so we estimate it at $70. The stamp offered here grades 84 as follows:
