Lot #81 ONE PENNY RED SINGLE-LINE PERF: 1d carmine block of 4 & 1d Kangaroo on cover to "HL White/Belltrees/Scone NSW" with two strikes of 'REGISTERED/17JL14 A/SYDNEY NSW' cds - another strike on the reverse - being the official First Day of Issue BW #70y, red & black/white 'NSW/Sydney' registration label, 'SCONE/18JL14 6A/NSW' arrival b/s, Cat $25,000. Unique! Ex Greg Deleuil. [The rate was 1d + 3d registration. Either this was a double-rate cover or the 1d Roo was superfluous. We suggest it was added

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ONE PENNY RED SINGLE-LINE PERF: 1d carmine block of 4 & 1d Kangaroo on cover to "HL White/Belltrees/Scone NSW" with two strikes of 'REGISTERED/17JL14 A/SYDNEY NSW' cds - another strike on the reverse - being the official First Day of Issue BW #70y, red & black/white 'NSW/Sydney' registration label, 'SCONE/18JL14 6A/NSW' arrival b/s, Cat $25,000. Unique! Ex Greg Deleuil. [The rate was 1d + 3d registration. Either this was a double-rate cover or the 1d Roo was superfluous. We suggest it was added as a "last day of usage" gesture]

The ACSC states that this is the only recorded example: illustrated at page 4/72. Because several 1d Kangaroo FDCs are known, our opinion is that this is the most significant of all Australian Commonwealth First Day Covers.