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1850, 3p Yellow Green, Yellowish Wove (SG 39; Sc. 9a). Ample to large margins, used with 1850, 2p Dull Brownish Lilac, Sixth Ham Printing (SG 15c), ample to large margins, cancelled or tied by "1" Butterfly cancel of Melbourne, red "PAID SHIP LETTER/SYDNEY/AU*10/1850" oval datestamp on bluish folded letter to London, England, ms. "8" (pence) due on arrival, receiving backstamps, in impeccable condition

AN EXTREMELY FINE AND UNIQUE MIXED FRANKING, SHOWING CONCURRENT USE OF THE NEW SOUTH WALES SYDNEY VIEW AND VICTORIA HALF-LENGTH ISSUES. THE ONLY RECORDED MIXED-FRANKING COVER FROM VICTORIA

The letter mentions "We are to have a New Constitution and Port Phillip is to get separation from Sydney...When all this shall come to pass there will plenty of new berths opening, in the Post Office, Customs & all. The Post Office is a good billet in these Colonies." The cover is one of two known with Victoria and New South Wales stamps used together (the other offered in the following lot), and it is the only recorded combination on cover from the Port Phillip District.

Ex Wiggins. With 1984 R.P.S. certificate

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