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Auction: 21045 - The Alan Holyoake Grand Prix Collection of British and International Registered Mail
Lot: 290

(x) Australasia
New South Wales
Registered Stamps
Transit Mail through U.K.
1859 (Sept.) cover front to Concession, Canada West bearing 1854-59 Diadem 6d. grey (2), 1856-60 2d. plus 1856-59 (6d.) orange and Prussian blue registered stamp (all with mixed margins) tied by "95" numeral of Moreton Bay, with unframed "registered/brisbane" in black, with Paid London c.d.s. (14.10) and the small crown/"registered" plus a slightly larger crown/"registered" applied elsewhere en route (probably Liverpool). An important cover, the only recorded example of a registered letter from Moreton Bay to Canada

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Sold for
£4,000

Starting price
£1300