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Auction: 1021 - The "Alvarado" Collection of NSW, the Perkins Bacon & Co., Plates in Association with Millennium Philatelic Auctions
Lot: 533

x New South Wales used in the Moreton Bay District Ipswich (87) 1858 (19 July) envelope ex the "Halstaff Coles" correspondence to Melbourne, bearing 1d. orange-vermilion, 1d. orange-red and 2d. blue (2), all lightly cancelled by "87" sunburst and showing, on reverse, despatch, Sydney (24.7) and red oval "ship letter/free/g.p.o. victoria" (27.7) datestamps. R.P.S. Certificate (2005) states "the stamps have been lifted and the cover ironed - cannot certify that all the stamps originated on cover". Photo Estimate £ 1,800-2,200 provenance: Sir Miles Rivett-Carnac, September 2004

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