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Victoria, Australia · 1850

Half Length 1d pale dull red-brown with distorted 2nd 'I' in Victoria

Half Length 1d pale dull red-brown with distorted 2nd 'I' in Victoria — Front

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US$123

From Victoria's very first stamp issue, 3 January 1850.

ConditionFine used, four margins
CatalogueSG 5a (£450), ACSC 1b
ShippingFree shipping within Australia, elsewhere arranged privately after checkout.
Issue background

Victoria’s very first postage stamps appeared in January 1850, only months before the colony formally separated from New South Wales. Printed in Melbourne by Thomas Ham, these "Half-Lengths" take their nickname from the seated portrait of a young Queen Victoria shown from the waist up. They were among…

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