Lot 183 Australia - Victoria SG#321c (SC# 176) 1/- Brownish Red , 1886-1896 Reading Design Stamp Duty Issue, A Fine Used Single, #94 Barred Numeral Cancel For Amhurst
A fine used single of the 1/- brownish red from the 1886-1896 Reading Design Stamp Duty Issue, #94 barred numeral cancel for Amhurst.
The Amherst had become a booming alluvial gold rush town in the 1850's, and by the late 1880's - 90's when this was cancelled, the population had drastically thinned, making this cancel scarcer.
Gibbons doesn't list this variety, so we estimate it at $65. The stamp offered here grades 66 as follows:
