Lot 353A Australia - NSW SG#306var 6d Orange Yellow , 1899 Allegory of Australia, Queen Victoria & Commonwealth Definitive Issue, A Fine Used Single, Inverted Wmk, Perf12x11.5, Bold Strike Of Rare #669 Numeral Cancel For Rouchell Brook.

A fine used single of the 6d orange yellow from the 1899 Allegory of Australia, Queen Victoria & Commonwealth Definitive Issue, inverted wmk, perf12x11.5, bold strike of rare #669 numeral cancel for Rouchell Brook.

Rouchell Brook is a tiny rural farming community in the Hunter Valley region. This cancel has the requisite 10mm gap between then inner horizontal bars surrounding the numeral, proving that it is 669 and not 996, which has a 9mm gap. It also has the required break in the first 6.

Gibbons doesn't list this variety, so we estimate it at $100. The stamp offered here grades 71 as follows:

Centering/Margins: 35/60

Paper Freshness: 5/5

Colour: 5/5

Impression: 5/5

Absence of Visible Paper Flaws: 5/5

Perforations: 10/10

Cancellation: 6/10