New South Wales 1850 1d Variety Double Impression Pair

1850 Sydney Views 1d dull carmine VARIETY DOUBLE IMPRESSION (SG 11var). VF/U horizontal pair being positions 17 & 18 from plate II on hard bluish paper. Each stamp neatly cancelled with Barred Numeral 55 of Newcastle, good to large margins all round. A quality pair with this exceptional variety. Photo-cert: Eichele BPB: "A fine pair with fresh colours and distinctive double impressions from a worn state of the plate."