Lot 395 Australia - Queensland SG#160 10/- Dark Brown , 1879-1881 First Sideface Issue, A Very Fine Used Single, Thick Paper, Large Crown Over Q Wmk, Dual Pen Cancel On top Of A GPO Sunburst Cancel.

A very fine used single of the 10/- dark brown from the 1879-1881 First Sideface Issue, thick paper, large crown over q wmk, dual pen cancel on top of a gpo sunburst cancel.

The overlap is visible just at one of the rays of the cancel where the pen ink can be seen to be clearly on top of the cancel. This denotes postal savings bank or revenue reuse - inititally the stamp was used for postal purposes. It was then soaked the document or envelope by a clerk who then set it aside and resused it, cancelling it a second time.

Gibbons doesn't list this variety, so we estimate it at $200. The stamp offered here grades 75 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