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Lot# 885 - Auction 234-243

  • Lot# : 885 New Zealand

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    1864/71: 6 d. brown, a block of four used on 1868 cover from Wellington to London endorsed 'via Panama' tied by 'Wellington / 070' duplexes in black (May 8) and also cancelled on the block with 'London / Paid' arrival cds in red. The cover with backflap missing and the envelope with some sensible restoration (between 1988 and 2000), the stamps lifted for checking and replaced. Nevertheless a remarkable and rare cover by this route, blocks of four being major rarities on letter. Cert. RPSL (2000).rnProvenance: Collection "Antipodes", Corinphila sale 79, Sept 1988, lot 3608; Collection Major Henry Dumas, Spink, March 2000, lot 275.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 850 CHF