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Lot# 10255 - Auction 291-297

  • Lot# : 10255 Tasmania

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    1849: Cover front to Hobart Town endorsed "Pd. 4d." in red manuscript ink, struck at left with two line manuscript dated "MACQUARIE PLAINS / POST OFFICE / 20.8.49" in black. Hobart half-round "PAID / 21 AU 21 / 1849" in red of arrival. A superb strike of this very rare marking - the earliest recorded.rnProvenance: Collection Lewis C. Viney, RL, Geneva, 27 Nov 1980, lot 1539; Collection Bernie Manning, Millenium, Melbourne, 22 Oct 2003, lot 231.rn 
    Starting bid : 400.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 750.00 CHF