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Lot# 7037 - Auction 274-283

  • Lot# : 7037 Victoria

    1863/73: Laureated 6 d. blue, perf. 13, used on 1866 underpaid cover to Dunkirk, France tied by Melbourne duplex (March 24) in black. Struck with framed "INSUFFICIENTLY / PREPAID" in red and fine framed "GB / 1F 62 4/10 c." accountancy marking in red. Circular "POSS. ANG. V. SUEZ / MARSEILLE" in red (May 11) and arrivals on reverse; charged with handstruck '20' décimes due for double rate. A most attractive cover, #128 in the Palmer Census.rnrnProvenance: Macray Watson, Melbourne, 29 Feb 2000, lot 646.rn                     Illustrated in the London Philatelist, volume 115, June 2006, page 186.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 460 CHF