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Auction: 21045 - The Alan Holyoake Grand Prix Collection of British and International Registered Mail
Lot: 278

(x) Australasia
New South Wales
Mail to the United Kingdom
1852 (29 July) envelope to London "ship/per Emperor" bearing Sydney View 3d. yellowish green (good margins all round) with 1852-53 Laureated 6d. Vandyke-brown (mixed margins) cancelled by dumb barred oval, with the unframed "Registered/Sydney" struck in black, rated "1/2" changed to "1/6" and with the tall crown/"registered", the reverse with open circle Sydney despatch and London arrival (14.12); vertical bend and light soiling

Pays N.S.W. postage 3d. and registration 6d. (unusual as normally paid in cash), the 1/6d. is payable by the recipient

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

Sold for
£2,500

Starting price
£270