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Auction: 168 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 709

Georgetown, "G" Abbreviated Village datestamp, one of the finest available strikes of this postmark struck in red on arrival on front of April 10, 1876 envelope from Queensland to Kingstown, bearing 2d, 3d, two 6d (both defective), each lightly cancelled "113" with Pimpama and oval "Paid" datestamps alongside, faults to envelope at top left; nine covers are recorded exhibiting this postmark, of which only two are incoming external mails, this being a very rare characteristic in the Abbreviated Datestamp covers extant;

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