** XXX-RARITY "LILYDALE/S.A" SQUARED CIRCLE ON 2d-RATE COVER...

Hammer

£120

** XXX-RARITY "LILYDALE/S.A" SQUARED CIRCLE ON 2d-RATE COVER TO TASMANIA; 16 Oct. 1904 env. (closed spike-holes clear of stamp & mark) to Hobart franked by 1d Red Pair (RH stamp with corner fault) tied by two (very fine & partly fine) strikes of the XXX-rarity "LILYDALE/S.A" Squared Circle which was previously only recorded for 1908. Good example of this rare Squared Circle of a small P.O. that was only open 1904-16 and of which only a handful of examples are known on complete cover/card. Ex Sherwood. Sold for £200 in our June 2011 sale.