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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: 1457

(x) New Zealand
The Postal History of the Province of Otago
Inland Mail
Later Rates
— 1882 (14 Apr.) double rate envelope (crease at foot) from Auckland to Dunedin, bearing Stamp Duty 1d. blue horizontal strip of four (faults at top) cancelled by c.d.s., arrival c.d.s. (20.4) on reverse. A scarce franking. Photo

Note: In February 1882 due to a shortage of First Sideface 1d. values, the use of the Stamp Duty 1d. value was authorised for postal purposes before the issue of the Second Sideface issue

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Sold for
£480