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Lot# 20461 - Auction 298-307

  • Lot# : 20461 Victoria

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    Express Companies 1860: Cover addressed to the Post Office at Melbourne, with 1860 4 d. rose-pink tied by "116" numeral obliterator; struck on reverse with large unframed "VICTORIA EXPRESS / S. COLLOU & Co. / STATIONERS / News & Letter Agents / INGLEWOOD" in black with "SANDY CREEK / ♚ / VICTORIA" despatch datestamp (May 3) and Melbourne arrival cds of the following day. Small opening tear on obverse. This cover is mentioned in "Gold Fever" by Kenneth J. Kutz on page 91. Rare and most unusual cover.rnProvenance: Premier, Melbourne, 25 Jan 2003, lot 374; Prestige, Melbourne, 22 April 2006, lot 482.rnNote: The Post Offices in the Goldfields were wholly inadequate. This from the Maryborough & Dunnolly Advertiser of Jan 20, 1860: "The necessity for an improvement in the postal arrangements here is very manifest...complaints are numerous of persons having to wait for hours before they can obtain their letters, while some...depart and return the following day, only to find the crowds as numerous as the day before".
    Starting bid : 2,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 3,200 CHF