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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: 1362

(x) New Zealand
The Postal History of the Province of Otago

Mail via Marseilles to the United Kingdom
1865 (June) envelope from Kawarau Gorge "via Marseilles" to Ashton under Lyne, bearing 1864-67 6d. red-brown vertical pair (a few perf. faults at left) both cancelled "060", the reverse with Dunedin (17.6) and arrival (15.8) c.d.s.; envelope with upper right corner torn through and put back in place, nevertheless a scarce cover from a gold mining settlement. Photo

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Sold for
£250