Auction: 16042 - New Zealand, The Professor Derek Diamond Collection featuring 2d. Chalons and the 1898-1908 Pictorial Issue
Lot: 118
New Zealand
1855-73 Chalon Two Pence
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1868 (24 June) triple rate envelope (221x93mm.) from Wellington to Sydney, bearing 1864-71 2d. blue Plate II (12) showing various states of the wear to the plate and retouch to the plate, cancelled by "070" duplex and showing Waterloo c.d.s. alongside, the original destination of Waterloo crossed through and marked "To be called for", the reverse with Nelson and two different Sydney datestamps. A remarkable franking. Holcombe (1992) and R.P.S. (2006) Certificates. Photo
provenance:
F.C. Krichauff, November 1947
John Woolfe, October 2006
Joseph Hackmey, February 2009
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