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Losnr. 20134 - 298.-307. Auktion

  • Losnr. : 20134 Queensland

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    Chalons 1868/78: 3 d. brown, two horizontal pairs, perf. 13, used on 1876 cover to Port Hill, Prince Edward Island, tied in transit by "Sydney / NSW" duplexes (May 10) with oval framed "LOOSE SHIP / LETTER" alongside in black. Carried via Pacific route on the "City of San Francisco" and struck with "MORE TO PAY / 5" applied in blue in Windsor for the USA transit. Reverse, top flap missing and envelope reinforced behind the right hand pair, with Windsor (July 5) cds in blue, Montreal and Summerside arrival cds's (July 10). Listed in the Ben Palmer Queensland census on page 130. A spectacular cover to an extraordinary destination: just ten Chalon covers are recorded to Canada, two addressed to Prince Edward Island.rnProvenance: Gary Watson, Melbourne, 28 Nov 1984, lot 114; Chrsities, London, 15 Dec 1994, lot 214.
    Ausruf : 600 CHF
    Zuschlag : 2.200 CHF