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  • Lot# : 40358 Victoria

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    1873/87: Bantam ½ d. rose-red (2), Bell 1880/84 1 d. green in a block of eight (4 x 2), 2 d. brown (6, including a block of four), perf. 12½, used on obverse and reverse of 1882 registered cover to Vienna, Austria endorsed "per S.S. Liguria via Naples", tied by "1" obliterators and by oval "REGISTERED / MELBOURNE" datestamp (Feb 22). Reverse with Naples transit (March 30) and Vienna arrival. Listed in the Ben Palmer census on pagee 37. A most attractive and scarce cover.rnrnProvenance: London & Brighton, London, 18 Sept 1981, lot 125.rn                     Collection Guy Linfield, Millenium, Melbourne, 11 Oct 2006, lot 303.rn                     Prestige, Melbourne, 29 March 2008, lot 483.
    Starting bid : 350 CHF
    Hammer price : 380 CHF