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Lot# 879 - Auction 234-243

  • Lot# : 879 New Zealand

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    1864/71: 4 d. yellow and 6 d. red-brown used on 1870 cover from Dunedin to Bolton-Le-Moors endorsed 'via Suez & Marseilles', cancelled by 'Dunedin / 0' duplexes in black (Oct 17) and also struck with framed INSUFFICIENTLY PAID / FOR BRINDISI ROUTE / DEFICIENT POSTAGE / 3d." in black as the 'via Marseilles' route was closed due to the Prussian encirclement of Paris from mid September 1870. Reverse with Bolton arrival cds (Dec 26) in black. The envelope with minor imperfections but of great rarity, just two examples are recorded of this rare Deficient handstamp applied to New Zealand mails, this being the finer of the two. Cert. RPSL (2006).rnProvenance: Collection John Woolfe, Spink, Oct 2006, lot 354.rnrn 
    Starting bid : 3,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold