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Auction: 18037 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 1162

(x) Papua
1904 (4 Dec.) envelope to Thursday Island, headed "O.H.M.S. and "Printed matter only", bearing BNG 1d. (top left corner creased) tied by clear 10-bar "B.N.G." obliterator, showing superb "daru/b.n.g." c.d.s. without year (Lee Type 43) and light triple-ring "resident magistrate/western division" cachet in violet with, on reverse, fine arrival datestamp (5.12). A unique concessional cover and one of the great postal history items of Papua. Photo

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Sold for
£2,900