Tradition und Erfahrung in klassischer Philatelie seit 1919

Losnr. 20255 - 298.-307. Auktion

  • Losnr. : 20255 Südaustralien

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    Northern Territory 1882: 2 d. orange-red, a single example used on 1882 cover to Stapleton tied by "YAM CREEK / N.T." circular datestamp (Aug 21) with repeated strike alongside. The cover is endorsed "Telegrams" in manuscript at left. Yam Creek is a gold mining town some 45 kms. from Pine Creek in the Katherine region of Northern Territory, Stapleton was a stopping place on the Darwin - Pine Creek Railway. It was named after a Telegraph lineman killed by aborigines at Barrow Creek in 1874. The "Telegrams" annotation indicates that Stapleton acted primarily as a Telegraph office. A splendid and extremely rare cover.rnProvenance: Collection Michael Blake, Prestige, Melbourne, 7 Feb 2014, lot 424.
    Ausruf : 500 CHF
    Zuschlag : 500 CHF