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Auction: 21045 - The Alan Holyoake Grand Prix Collection of British and International Registered Mail
Lot: 272

(x) Australasia
New South Wales
Mail to the United Kingdom
1847 (9 June) entire letter to Melrose, Scotland marked "Registered at Yass" and "per first ship" bearing a good strike of the boxed "yass/post paid" in red, a light strike of "paid ship letter/sydney" with rate marks of "2/-" and "1/2" (crossed through); an array of backstamps with oval Yass datestamp, a poor strike of crowned General Post Office Sydney dater, London, Edinburgh and Berwick (14.12) c.d.s. in blue. Rare registered mail by the Toulmin Packet

6d. registration was paid in cash to the local postmaster, there was no receipt but the letter marked "Registered"; 2/- was to be paid by the recipient made up of 1/- inwards Toulmin Packet plus 1/- registration, while 1/2d' represents 11d. inland carriage and 3d. overseas ship letter

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

Estimate
£500 to £600

Starting price
£450