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Auction: 9028 - British Empire Stamps & Postal History
Lot: 280

x New South Wales 1853 (18 Nov.) entire letter from Sydney to Edinburgh, bearing Laureated 3d. (cut-into) tied by dumb obliterator, showing handstruck "8" (crossed by vertical filing crease) and, on reverse, despatch and arrival (15.2) datestamps, plus "liverpool/ship letter" h.s. Estimate £ 60-80 Note: This cover was carried by the "Great Britain". She sailed from Sydney on 19 November, from Melbourne on 4 December, and arrived at Liverpool on 14 February, 1854, via the Falkland Islands.

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