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Lot# 7039 - Auction 274-283

  • Lot# : 7039 Victoria

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    1873/87: Bell 2 d. lilac-mauve used with laureated 6 d. blue on 1874 cover from Sandhurst to Paris, tied by "Sandhurst / 4" duplexes (July 14) in black. Struck with framed "INSUFFICIENTLY / PREPAID" in red (single rate paid, found to be double) and fine framed "GB / 1F 62 4/10 c." accountancy marking in red. Carried on the "Baroda" to Galle and the "Cathay" to Suez, with "AUSTRALIE V. SUEZ / MARSEILLE" datestamp (Aug 31) in red and charged with handstruck '12' décimes due in black. A most attractive cover, #182 in the Palmer Census. rnrnProvenance: Stanley Gibbons, Lonndon, March 1989, lot 67.                  rn                     Lugdunum, Lyon, March 2006, lot 518.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 700 CHF