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Auction: 12043 - Queensland - The Alan Griffiths Collection
Lot: 1164

QueenslandThe Chalon IssuesRegistered Mail1878 (26 July) double rate envelope (205x92mm.) from Gympie "Via Melbourne, Galle & Brindisi" to London, bearing 4d. yellow second transfer (2) and 1/- mauve cancelled with sunburst "96" and showing c.d.s. and London Registered oval d.s. (19.9) alongside, superb "registered/gympie" handstamp in red at lower left corner, Brisbane Registered Letter (26.7) and part London c.d.s. on reverse; the envelope with flap missing and a couple of vertical creases well clear of the adhesives though an attractive franking. Photo

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