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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: 1334

(x) New Zealand
The Postal History of the Province of Otago
Ship Letter Mail Featuring Early Handstamps
1855 (22 Dec.) Ocean Penny Postage envelope front and one flap to London, bearing 1855 2d. blue on bleuté paper with clear to very large margins nearly all round and lightly cancelled "18" with manuscript "6" alongside, clear despatch c.d.s. on reverse. A very rare and most unusual usage of this illustrated envelope printed by Myers & Co. of London. S.G. 2. R.P.S.N.Z. Certificate (1991). Photo

provenance:
Joseph Hackmey, May 2010

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Sold for
£1,800