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Auction: 17021 - Great Britain with Post Offices in Central and South America, Europe, Middle East, Asia and Australasia - The David Pitts Collection
Lot: 584

(x) Cook Islands
British Protectorate
1894 (7 Aug.) envelope to New Zealand, bearing 1893 perf. 12x11½ 1d. brown strip of five cancelled by three strikes of the boxed "post office/cook islands" datestamp in violet with a further strike alongside, Auckland arrival datestamp (25.8) on reverse; a few minor stains on the adhesives though a rare franking and the second latest recorded date of use of this boxed datestamp, the latest being on 14 August. Photo

Note: See "The Postage Stamps of New Zealand", Volume V, page 288 where this cover is mentioned

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Estimate
£700 to £800