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Auction: 21045 - The Alan Holyoake Grand Prix Collection of British and International Registered Mail
Lot: 258

(x) The Americas
United States of America
Mail from United Kingdom During the American Civil War
1864 (16 Jan.) commercial entire to Philadelphia "per Australasia via Queenstown" bearing 1862-64 6d. lilac (small fault) and 1/- green wing margin pair tied by London "14" barred oval obliterators, good strikes of "lombard street/c/registered letter", crown/"registered" and the standard-type London registered dated oval code "C"; there are light strikes of large numeral "48" and "paid" in red. A clean cover, free from the usual filing creases

Pays double rate 1/- postage (under 1½oz.) plus 6d. registration

Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.

Estimate
£800 to £1,000

Starting price
£700