Description
Australia New South Wales 1860-72 1d dull red 'diadem Queen Victoria', watermark double-lined '1', perforations 13, SG155.
A fine mint example for this issue where most examples are of poor quality.
The Stanley Gibbons catalogue values is £170.
These stamps represented the first use of perforation in New South Wales in 1860. Unfortunately for collectors, the stamps were very closely spaced, the perforating process not well controlled, and it is unusual to find stamps from before 1899 where the perforation does not touch or cut into the design on one or more sides.