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Auction: 17022 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale featuring The Ronnie Winchester Collection and fine sections of Belgium, Cape of Good Hope Rectangular Issues and Griqualand West
Lot: 1025

(x) Victoria
Registered Mail 1847-1876
Mail to New Zealand
1853 (12 Jan.) entire from Melbourne to Auckland, marked "pr Royal Shepherdess", marked "2/6 paid", rated "3" in red and "2", showing framed "registered at/melbourne" (crossed by vertical filing crease) and "paid/melbourne" c.d.s., both in red, and clear arrival datestamp (8.2). The only recorded example of the Registered h.s.. Photo

Note; The "2/6" paid is made up of 1/- registration, 1/- ship letter rate (from 1 May 1854 to 30 June 1855) for a ½oz. letter, plus 6d. late fee.

provenance:
Max Watson, October 2005

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Sold for
£400