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Lot# 1662 - Auction 227-233

  • Lot# : 1662 New Zealand

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    1864/71: 6 d. brown, a vertical pair in a deep shade, used on 1871 cover to Locarno, Switzerland tied by indistinct numeral obliterators in black, reverse with Dunedin cds in black (March 14) and thence via Suez to London with 'Paid' cds in red (May 25). Circular PD applied and mailed on to Locarno with arrival (May 27) verso. Manuscript '5d.' credit on front and charged '20' rappen due upon receipt. A fine and scarce cover, probably sent via Suez and Southampton as correspondents in New Zealand would not yet have heard of the fall of Paris to the Prussians.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold