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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: 1402

(x) New Zealand
The Postal History of the Province of Otago
Gold Field Offices and Cancellations
Tuapeka
1861 (24 Nov.) envelope (tear across flap) to Richmond, Melbourne, bearing 1862 2d. deep blue (3, margins in places, one defective at top) all cancelled "017" and with Dunedin c.d.s. (26.11) at lower left, the reverse with unframed Tuapeka (2), Melbourne (4.12) and Richmond (4.12) c.d.s. Photo

Note: The original Post Office opened in a tent at Gabriel's Gully on 15 May 161 under the name "Tuapeka". The office was supplied with numeral obliterator and datestamp in late 1861 or early 1862

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Estimate
£1,000 to £1,200