Losnr. 20467 - 298.-307. Auktion
298.-307. Auktion
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Losnr. : 20467 Western Australia
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1846: Cover endorsed "Free" to the Colonial Secretary, the Hon. P. Broun in Perth, struck with superb framed manuscript dated "♛ / POST OFFICE / 11-3-46 / GUILDFORD" handstamp in brown. Reverse with manuscript notation "Cannot liquidate Govt. debt by supplying wheat". Peter Nicholas Broun (Brown) was the original Colonial Secretary of Western Australia, he arrived in June 1829 on the "Parmelia" and bought land at Upper Swan near Guildford naming his estate Bassendean. Illustrated in "Western Australia, The Stamps & Postal History" edited by Hamilton & Pope on page 191. A rare and most attractive cover.rnProvenance: Collection Cecil Walkely, Prestige, Melbourne, 27 Nov 2010, lot 13.Ausruf : 1.200 CHFZuschlag : 1.200 CHF -
