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Auction: 14024 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale featuring the Award-winning Collection of Province of Otago Postal History formed by Greg Francis, and the Cliff Wheatley Rhodesias
Lot: 1323

(x) New Zealand
The Postal History of the Province of Otago
Ship Letter Mail Featuring Early Handstamps
1849 (29 July) Loose entire letter from London to Wellington, rated "5" and showing a fine strike of the very rare "p.o. otago,/Dec. 6, 1849." datestamp and Wellington arrival c.d.s. (26.12); some creases, none of which cross the datestamps. One of only four examples of this datestamp recorded. Photo

provenance:
Gerald Ellott

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Estimate
£3,000 to £4,000