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Auction: 7033 - British Empire Stamps & Covers
Lot: 718

British Guiana Covers and Cancellations Mail to Other Destinations new zealand: 1867 (7 June) envelope from Georgetown "via Panama" to Otago, bearing 1863-76 perf. 12 1/2 2c. orange-red and perf. 10c. 4c. slate-blue strip of three, a single and 24c. yellow-green, all cancelled with "A.0.3." duplex, showing manuscript "10" in red crayon, Panama British P.O. c.d.s. (22.6) and, on reverse, St. Thomas (13.6) and Dunedin (27.6) transit c.d.s.; a couple of the adhesives with perf. faults at foot, nevertheless a colourful and outstanding franking to an unusual destination. Photo Estimate £ 5,000-6,000 provenance: Christie´s Robson Lowe, 1995

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£7,000