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Auction: 12043 - Queensland - The Alan Griffiths Collection
Lot: 1204

QueenslandFirst Sideface IssueRegistered Mail1883 (21 Sept.) envelope from Rishton to a gunmakers in Lynsday, Canada, bearing 2d. blue (3) and 4d. yellow (2) cancelled by sunburst "119" with c.d.s. below and "registered/rishton" handstamp alongside, the reverse with Charters Towers, Townsville, Liverpool, New York and Buffalo datestamps. A most attractive franking illustrating the double registration fee applied to mail to Canada via London, and the cover proving the tie of "119" to Rishton. Photo

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