Auction: 1020 - Summer Collectors Series - Stamps
Lot: 2282
x New South Wales 1847 (June) entire letter from Sydney carried by the Union to Edinburgh and (Oct.) entire from Sydney carried by the Ganges to London, both rated "3" and "1/-" and each showing "paid ship letter/sydney" oval d.s. (SL3-1 and SL3 respectively), fair to good strikes with the first crossed by heavy filing creases Estimate £ 100-120 Note: The first from William Mitchell Boyd, one of the earliest settlers in the Glen Innes district. The second from William Boyce, editor of the "Gleaner"
Sold for
£50