Lot 177 Australia - Victoria SG#314 (SC# 162) 2d Very Pale Lilac , 1886-1896 Reading Design Stamp Duty Issue, A Fine Used Single, Very Early 1886 Printing, Scarce August 16 M.G 2 Up Train Cancel For The Melbourne-Geelong-Ballcrat Railway Line

A fine used single of the 2d very pale lilac from the 1886-1896 Reading Design Stamp Duty Issue, very early 1886 printing, scarce August 16 m.g 2 up train cancel for the Melbourne-Geelong-Ballcrat railway line.

the uptrain travelled in, towards Melbourne. Slight rounded corner at LR.

Gibbons doesn't list this variety, so we estimate it at $20. The stamp offered here grades 70 as follows:

Centering/Margins: 30/60

Paper Freshness: 5/5

Colour: 5/5

Impression: 5/5

Absence of Visible Paper Flaws: 5/5

Perforations: 10/10

Cancellation: 10/10