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Lot# 20243 - Auction 298-307

  • Lot# : 20243 South Australia

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    Official 1876/85: 1 s. red-brown and 2 s. rose-carmine (two examples), wmk. Broad Star, used on 1886 printed "OHMS / Book Packet Only / Without Letter / From Charles Todd / Government Astronomer" Parcel label to the Imperial Observatory in Vienna, Austria tied by framed network handstamps in black. Squared circle "SHIP MAIL ROOM / ADELAIDE" at lower left (Feb 23). A rare and most unusual franking.rnProvenance: Collection Michael Blake, Prestige, Melbourne, 7 Feb 2014, lot 1313.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,600 CHF