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Auction: 12043 - Queensland - The Alan Griffiths Collection
Lot: 1201

QueenslandFirst Sideface IssueRegistered Mail1882 (23 Aug.) envelope from Clermont to London, bearing 4d. orange-yellow pair unusually cancelled with circular datestamps, possibly as a numeral obliterator was not available, and showing "registered/clermont" handstamp at left partially over-cancelled by Plymouth Registered oval d.s. (2.11), the reverse (flap missing) with Rockhampton (6.8) and London (3.11) c.d.s.; a most attractive cover sent via the Long Sea Route and unusually routed through Plymouth. Photo

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