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Lot# 430 - Auction 309-320

  • Lot# : 430 Victoria

    1859: Octagonal 1 s. blue, perf. 12, a fine used strip of five on 1860 cover front from Hepburn to Brione Vergasca, Ticino, Switzerland paying the ¾ ounce registered rate, tied by numeral obliterators in black with "Registered / Melbourne" cds (April 13) in red at base; London transit (June 18) in red and French CHARGÉ in black. Recorded in the Ben Palmer census (No. 114) on page 166. A most attractive and scarce usage.rnrnProvenance: Robson Lowe, London, 11 Feb 1964, lot 682; DF, Geneva, Dec 2005, lot 31452.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 600 CHF