cover TASMANIA: 1850 (6 May) E. from Penrith to Hobart Town, bearing 2d. Plate II grey-blue and 3d. yellow-green, both early impressions on yellowish paper and with four margins, each cancelled "7" (legible on the 3d.) and showing "PAID SHIP LETTER/SYDNEY" oval d.s. in red below, Penrith oval d.s. overstruck by Hobart Town framed "SHIP LETTER" d.s. on reverse; two vertical creases and a little fragile at edges, nevertheless a rare franking. Ex Gibson. Photo