Lot 179 Australia - Victoria SG#314c (SC# 162) 2d Purple , 1886-1896 Reading Design Stamp Duty Issue, A Fine Used Single, #268 Barred Numeral Cancel For Chiltern, Scarce

A fine used single of the 2d purple from the 1886-1896 Reading Design Stamp Duty Issue, #268 barred numeral cancel for Chiltern, scarce.

Chiltern was a gold mining boom town in the 1850's which by the 1880's had become a railway transit hub.

Gibbons doesn't list this variety, so we estimate it at $45. The stamp offered here grades 68 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: 8/10