Lot 396 Australia - Queensland SG#161 £1 Deep Blue Green , 1879-1881 First Sideface Issue, A Very Fine Used Single, Thick Paper, GPO Killer Within 5 Horizontal Bars Cancel

A very fine used single of the £1 deep blue green from the 1879-1881 First Sideface Issue, thick paper, gpo killer within 5 horizontal bars cancel.

Used by the sorting desk in Brisbane. This is a scarce cancel and the doubling strike reinforces the authenticity of the psotal cancel. Well centered. The Gibbons value is for a postally used example that is not a particularly distinct cancel, or off center. The scarce cancel that is clearly postal worth dramatically more.

Gibbons values this at £85, so we estimate it at $1250. The stamp offered here grades 76 as follows:

Centering/Margins: 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