Auction: 11033 - Autumn Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 2204
Victoria Covers and Cancellations 1871 (2 June) mourning envelope (flap missing) from Wedderburn "Via Brindisi" to Scotland, bearing Laureated 1d. yellow-green and 6d. blue (2) very lightly cancelled and showing, on reverse, light despatch c.d.s, Melbourne (3.1) and arrival c.d.s. (20.2); an attractive example of the short-lived 1/1d. rate. Photo Estimate £ 500-600 provenance: J R W. Purves, May 1981
Sold for
£320