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Lot# 3238 - Auction 321-332

  • Lot# : 3238 New South Wales

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    1850: 3 d. yellow-green on soft yellowish wove paper (position 19) with "No Whip" variety, a used example of resonant colour with large margins all round paying Ship Letter charge, on 1852 cover from Sydney to Launceston via Hobart endorsed "pr. Water Lilly", tied by light strike of barred obliterator in black. Circular "SHIP LETTER / ♚ / SYDNEY" datestamp at left (April 17) in red. Reverse with framed "SHIP LETTER" (May 7) in black and LAUNCESTON arrival cds (May 8) in black, where charged "5d." due in manuscript for an incoming Ship Letter. Central file fold. A fine and most attractive cover. rnrnProvenance: Collection Slade Slade, Harmers, London, 3-4 April 1979, lot 251; collection "Carrington", Millennium, Sydney, 7 Nov 2012, lot 286.
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 750 CHF