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Auction: 12043 - Queensland - The Alan Griffiths Collection
Lot: 1202

QueenslandFirst Sideface IssueRegistered Mail1882 (25 Oct.) envelope from Normanton "via Torres Straits" to London, bearing 4d. orange-yellow and 6d. green most unusually cancelled by "registered/normanton." in red and by London Registered oval d.s. (27.12), despatch c.d.s. at foot; an early example of the new registration handstamp being used as a cancellation, and the only example recorded struck in red. Most attractive. Photo

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