Australia Tasmania 1853 4d orange plate II, SG10Australia Tasmania 1853 55 4d orange, plate II, position 17 on the sheet, SG10. A very fine used example with large margins, neatly cancelled by "19" numeral of Port Arthur. A lovely 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 colony after New South