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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: 1401

(x) New Zealand
The Postal History of the Province of Otago
Gold Field Offices and Cancellations
Tuapeka
1861 (22 July) envelope from Dunedin to Mr. De Lacy (Gold Receiver) "Gabriel's Gully, Tuapeka", bearing 1857-63 2d. pale blue (margins on three sides, fault a right) cancelled "18" and with despatch c.d.s. at lower left, the letter apparently not reaching Mr. De Lacy, who was stationed in Dunedin, and with return Dunedin c.d.s. 99.8) on reverse; most unusual, being the sole recorded cover addressed to Gabriel's Gully. Photo

Note: Gold was first discovered in the Tuapeka Valley by Gabriel Read on 23 May 1861

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Sold for
£350