1869 QUEEN VICTORIA

1p Red on White laid paper with watermark of 1865 issue with additional “ONE PENNY” added at right angles to the original one Printed in sheets of 8 (4 x 2),  the bottom half aligned with respect to the top four.

Specimen “ONE PENNY” in inverted and reversed postion. Trimmed wrapper, not possible to determine  position.

A Addressed but uncancelled.  Inverted “ONE PENNY”  bottom half of sheet without border. a a 1888, JANUARY 9: SYDNEY CIRCULATING Indistinct SYDNEY cds on verso. From bottom half  of sheet, inverted and reversed “ONE PENNY”  and border at bottom.  1895, MAY 29: ASHFILED to MELBOURNE “193” oval barrel duplex. From bottom half of sheet,  no border and “ONE PENNY” in normal position. 1889, JANUARY 31: SYDNEY to LONDON From bottom half of sheet,  inverted “ONE PENNY” and border at bottom.