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Lot# 3664 - Auction 234-243

  • Lot# : 3664 Victoria

    1876/82: Covers (2) to Italy with 1882 cover endorsed "per Lusitania" franked at 7 d. rate from Toorak to Florence, earlier 1877 cover with 1/1 d. franking paying the registered rate (7 d. + 6 d. registration) mailed from Sandhurst to Tirano: only two examples of the 6 d. registration fee on 'via Brindisi'  mail recorded in the Census*. Illustrated in Palmer on page 136. A fine and scarce pair.rnrnProvenance: Collection Mike Scott-Archer; Collection Ben Palmer AIEP, Corinphila sale 165, 1 Dec 2010, lot 2414.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold