Lot# 10040 - Auction 291-297
Auction 291-297
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Lot# : 10040 New South Wales
1856/59: Registration 6d. vermilion & Prussian blue, a huge margined example with Diadem 1856/60 engraved 2 d. blue slightly overlapping the superb 6 d., used on 1858 registered cover to Sydney tied by "59" numeral obliterators of Dungog. Reverse with double arc "DUNGOG" despatch cds (June 28) and Sydney arrival (June 30). File fold well awy from the adhesives, a rare and most attractive cover.rnProvenance: Collection "Manwood", Siegel, New York, 8 Nov 1995, lot 4485; Spink, London, 17 July 1998, lot 603.Starting bid : 2,500.00 CHFHammer price : 3,600.00 CHF