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Lot# 40412 - Auction 321-332

  • Lot# : 40412 Victoria

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    1863/81: Laureated 1 d. green, perf. 12, a single example used on 1875 Official cover to the Education Department in Melbourne, endorsed "O.H.M.S." at top, tied by "Castlemaine / Victoria" cds (Jan 7) in black. Contents intact with the letter written from Strathlodden, regarding the appointment of a student teacher to Pennyweight Flat School (Pennyweight was on the Casstlemaine gold diggings - it was so named as less than a penny's weight of gold was found there). A fine and unusual cover.rnrnProvenance: Prestige, Melbourne, 27 July 2009, lot 444.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold