Auction 333-341 Western Australia & Great Britain - Day 3

Machine 'B', 1857: 1 d. red, Die II, perf. 14, lettered RL, used on cover, London to Halifax, dated 24 March 1858, tied by a fine strike of the rare Pearson Hill 'Opera Glass' Trial Machine cancel in black (Dubus 3), Code 'B', with offset strike on reverse and an arrival (MR 25). A fine example of this rare cancel. One of ten recorded examples on cover.