Losnr. 40094 - 321.-332. Auktion
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Losnr. : 40094 New South Wales
1849 (Dec 17): Printed Circular number 49/156 from the Colonial Secretary's Office in Sydney concerning the new regulations for Official correspondence and abolishing the Free Franking privileges and stating that from the New Year communications between Departments "must be pre-paid by means of Post Office stamps of the proper value....the necessary supply of Stamps of the different values to be used in this Colony, can be obtaioned by purchase from the Posrmaster General and the several Deputy Postmasters in the Country". The notice with 1 d. orange-red imperforate Plate Proof on yellowish wove paper with good margins on three sides and just shaved at right and 3 d. Plate Proof in deep green on card with four margins applied at a later date and hinged at base. A most attractive frontispiece for a serious exhibit of New South Wales.rnrnProvenance: Collection William Frazer, Spink, London, 18 Sept 2003, lot 2.Ausruf : 2.500 CHFZuschlag : 2.500 CHF