Australia Tasmania 1853 1d pale blue yellowish paper, SG1 Bechuanaland stamps have had a love scrape

have had a love scrape

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each stamp with handstamp 'SPECIMEN' (type D16a)

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Australia Tasmania 1853 1d pale blue yellowish paper, SG1 Bechuanaland stamps have had a love scrapeAustralia Tasmania 1853 1d pale blue on soft yellowish paper, position 2 on the sheet, SG1. A fine used example with good to large margins, lightly cancelled by "64" numeral of Hobart. A fine and attractive example with fresh colour. Tasmania, an island just off south eastern Australia, was one of the six British colonies that merged to form the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901. Van Diemen's Land was established in 1803 and was the second British