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Auction: 21045 - The Alan Holyoake Grand Prix Collection of British and International Registered Mail
Lot: 279

(x) Australasia
New South Wales
Mail to the United Kingdom
1856 (3 Mar.) neat envelope to London "per Mermaid" bearing 1851-55 Laureated 2d. Prussian blue (worn plate I) strip of three (good to enormous margins all round) cancelled by the dumb barred oval in black and tied by large handstruck "5" in red, with a second strike to the left and London arrival (10.6), the reverse with open-circle Sydney despatch c.d.s. A delightful cover in the finest of condition

The handstruck "5" denotes the U.K. share of the rate

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

Sold for
£2,900

Starting price
£350