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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: 1404

(x) New Zealand
The Postal History of the Province of Otago
Gold Field Offices and Cancellations
Tuapeka
1868 (15 May) large part envelope (one flap missing) from Otakia "via Marseilles" to Scotland, bearing 1864-67 2d. deep blue Plate II (2) and part 6d. red-brown all cancelled "027" and showing, on reverse, manuscript "Otakia 15/5/68" and Dunedin (15.5) c.d.s.

Note: Otakia was the official stopping and accommodation place for he gold coach and escort returning from the goldfields in the Tuapeka Valley

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Estimate
£200 to £250