Auction 321 - 332 Australian States & Commonwealth of Australia, St. Helena, Basutoland, Bechuanaland, Swaziland, Brazil 1843 –1870 - Day 1

Internal Revenue 1881: Surcharged "I. R. / ONE PENNY" in black on 3 d. brown, wmk. Crown CC. The two famous examples, one Unadopted "Small Surcharge" and the second Adopted example with slightly "Larger Thicker Surcharge", this last with rounded corner perfs., otherwise fresh and very fine, without gum. Ex the De La Rue archives and illustrated in "The De La Rue Collection" edited by Frank Walton RDP on page 6552. De La Rue suggested the surcharge as they were unable to meet the required production schedule for new designs. DLR suggested the 1871 3 d. value (Gi 63) should be printed in lilac and surcharged.rnrnProvenance: RL, Melbourne, 5 Aug 1976, lot 184.rn                     RL, London, 24-25 June 1980, lot 2090.rn                     Collection Francis Kiddle RDP, Prestige, Melbourne, 23 Sept 2011, lots 957 and 958.