Losnr. 20281 - 298.-307. Auktion
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Provisional Perforations 1865: 1 d. dull vermilion (two examples), wmk. '1', perf. 10 all round, by J. Walch & Sons of Hobart under contract from the Post Office, used on 1869 printed cover from Molesworth Jeffery to Tunbidge Wells, Kent with 4 d. blue, imperforate, all tied by "63" numeral obliterators of New Norfolk. "BOURNBANK / Parish of / WELLINGTON" private handstamp at upper left and "N. NORFOLK / 6. 9. 69" two line datestamp in black with "PRE-PAID" Hobart transit datestamp in red. Reverse with Tunbridge Wells arrival cds (Nov 6). An unusual and scarce cover.rnNote: Molesworth Jeffery (1811-1900) emigrated to Van Diemen's Land in 1834; He bought property at Lachlan, near New Norfolk, where he built the house Bournbank (completed in 1845), and became the first J.P. for the district. In 1865 Jeffery was the architect for a new school-house and chapel in the village of Lachlan. He was elected a Fellow and Life Member of the Royal Society of Tasmania in the early 1870's; the letter is addressed to his sister Catherine.rnProvenance: Prestige, Melbourne, 11 May 2012, lot 592.Ausruf : 400 CHFZuschlag : 950 CHF -
