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Auction: 15023 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 2271

(x) New Zealand
1870 (8 Mar.) Telegraphic Message envelope to Hon. Donald McLean in Auckland, bearing 1864-67 1c. carmine-vermilion with 2d. blue, plate II tied by "1/N" duplex on Nelson; large part of flap missing but still a scarce and important cover. Holcombe Certificate (1992). S.G. 110, 115. Photo

Donald McLean was a politician, he was Minister of Defence from 1869 to 1872 and Minister of Native Affairs. He was one of the most influential figures in Maori-Pakeha relations in the mid-1800's

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Estimate
£350 to £450