AUSTRALIA

1913 5/- grey/chrome Kangaroo, 1st watermark, with the variety ‘shading breaks in the Bight’ [plate position = R22], cancelled to order – without gum, no thins, tears or bends. Has a Starling certificate.

This is the cancellation that was applied for sets sent to the UPU. Only 400 stamps were prepared, so a maximum of about three examples can exist with this combination of CTO cancel and variety.

BW(ACSC) Cat. # 42A(D)n + wa