{"product_id":"lot-180-october-14-2026","title":"Lot 180 Australia - Victoria SG#314c (SC# 162) 2d Purple , 1886-1896 Reading Design Stamp Duty Issue, A Fine Used Single, Blue #390 Barred Numeral Cancel For Rocky Lead, Later Renamed Rocklyn","description":"\u003cp\u003eA fine used single of the 2d purple  from the 1886-1896 Reading Design Stamp Duty Issue, blue #390 barred numeral cancel for Rocky lead, later renamed Rocklyn. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBy the late 1880's \u0026amp; 1890's, local alluvial gold mining had largely dried up, and so daily mail volume had shrunk to a trickle, making this cancel scarce in this peroid. The blue ink makes it exponentially scarcer as a clerk had to borrow a different ink pad to strike the letter as all gov't issued ink pads were black.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGibbons doesn't list this variety, so we estimate it at $95. The stamp offered here grades 70 as follows:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCentering\/Margins: 30\/60\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePaper Freshness: 5\/5\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eColour: 5\/5\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eImpression: 5\/5\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAbsence of Visible Paper Flaws: 5\/5\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePerforations: 10\/10\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCancellation: 10\/10\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brixton Chrome","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67658823958688,"sku":"Lot-180-October-14-2026","price":95.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0029\/7716\/9506\/files\/20261014_180001_2b8a959b-31cd-4afb-8fdc-3e5e55e2fd96.jpg?v=1791407294","url":"https:\/\/brixtonchrome.com\/products\/lot-180-october-14-2026","provider":"Brixton Chrome","version":"1.0","type":"link"}