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Lot# 890 - Auction 234-243

  • Lot# : 890 New Zealand

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    1864/71: 1 s. yellow-green, single example with a few nibbed perfs., used on 1868 cover from Invercargill to Harbour Grace, Newfoundland via Panama tied by numeral "21" obliterator with 'Invercargill / Southland' cds adjacent (Sept 3) in black. Reverse with St. Thomas transit in black and St. John's cds (Nov 9) in black and obverse with manuscript '4' (pence) credit deleted with '13' charge in blue crayon manuscript alongside 'Harbour Grace' arrival cds (Nov 10). Envelope slightly soiled but otherwise an attractive cover to a very scarce destination. Cert. RPSL (2006).rnProvenance: Collection John Woolfe, Spink, Oct 2006, lot 312.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 950 CHF