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Auction: 16030 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 1592

Victoria
Half Lengths
Ham Fourth Printing
3d. blue, [5], tied by Barred Oval "1" on 1853 (3 Dec.) entire pre-paying the 3d. ship letter rate from Melbourne to Liverpool and re-addressed to Boston USA, marked "p Great Britain" (deleted), showing despatch d.s., handstruck "8", Liverpool c.d.s. (18.2), "19/cents" accountancy h.s., "boston br pkt" arrival d.s. (24.3) and, on reverse, unframed "liverpool/ship letter"; the entire with heavy central vertical filing crease and adhesive tape stain on reverse. Rare with only a dozen Half Length covers known to the United States. S.G. 11. Photo

provenance:
Rod Perry
Gary Diffen, November 2007

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Sold for
£420