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Auction: 17021 - Great Britain with Post Offices in Central and South America, Europe, Middle East, Asia and Australasia - The David Pitts Collection
Lot: 475

(x) New South Wales
Covers and Cancellations
1883 (July) envelope from Goulburn "Overland to Melbourne" and "Per Pekin" to England during the Egyptian Cholera Epidemic, bearing perf. 10 8d. yellow cancelled by "35" duplex and showing, on reverse, light T.P.O., Melbourne (30.7) and Birmingham (11.9) datestamps; sent directly through the Suez Canal to Venice quarantine station; unusual. Photo

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£240