Previous Lot Next Lot

Auction: 1016 - Important Stamps & Covers
Lot: 151

x Victoria 1853 (5 Nov.) entire from Melbourne "via Marseilles" to France, bearing Half-Length, fourth printing 3d. blue with margins nearly all round and cancelled by Barred Oval "1", showing Melbourne oval d.s., "10" rate handstamp and French entry c.d.s., all slightly overlapping, three French c.d.s. on reverse. The earliest stamped cover recorded going to France, of which seven are known. S.G. 11 Estimate £ 1,500-2,000

Sold for
£12,000