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Auction: 12043 - Queensland - The Alan Griffiths Collection
Lot: 1442

QueenslandCovers and CancellationsUnclaimed Mail1877 (21 June) OHMS envelope from Brisbane to Leyburn, bearing 1d. red (2) and showing manuscript "Unclaimed" alongside a superb strike of the rare "advertised/my 31 78/unclaimed" unframed handstamp in red, Dead Letter Office c.d.s. (20.5.78) in red on reverse; 1889 OHMS envelope (front and back separated) with "unclaimed at/melbourne" h.s., 1890 envelope from Brisbane to Eidsvold showing superb "unclaimed/eidsvold" handstamp, 1895 Brisbane 1d. town letter rate envelope showing framed "not known by/letter carriers", oval-framed "unclaimed/brisbane" datestamp and Dead Letter Office c.d.s., 1899 envelope (faults) from Tasmania, complete with Tattersall´s advertising details, to Golden Gate showing "unclaimed/golden gate" h.s. alongside c.d.s. and with Dead Letter Office c.d.s. in purple and Tasmanian Dead Letter Office oval d.s. in blue, and 1904 German 5pf. postcard to Rockhampton and redirected without success, showing Unclaimed Rockhampton c.d.s. (unlisted by Campbell), "not known by/letter carriers", "retour" and other handstamps. An interesting group

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