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Auction: 16042 - New Zealand, The Professor Derek Diamond Collection featuring 2d. Chalons and the 1898-1908 Pictorial Issue
Lot: 572

New Zealand
Early Letters and Handstamps
1859 (27 Aug.) "On New Zealand Service" Government House crested envelope from Col. (later Sir) Thomas Browne (initials in lower left corner), 4th. Governor of New Zealand, Auckland, to Donald Maclean, native Secretary and Chief Land Purchase Commissioner at Wellington, rated "4" and showing Crowned Circle "paid/at/auckland new zealand" handstamp, Wellington (31.8 and 19.9) and Ahuriri (15.9) datestamps, all on face, despatch c.d.s. on reverse. Most attractive. Photo

provenance:
"Kiwi", September 1990
Joseph Hackmey, May 2010

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Sold for
£320