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Auction: 17022 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale featuring The Ronnie Winchester Collection and fine sections of Belgium, Cape of Good Hope Rectangular Issues and Griqualand West
Lot: 1012

(x) Victoria
Registered Mail 1847-1876
Internal Mail
1873 (17 Dec.) envelope (opened-out for display) from St. Kilda to Elsternwick, bearing Emblem 1d. (2, both cut-into), showing framed and oval-framed "registered" h.s., Melbourne c.d.s. (17.12 and 4.8), oval-framed "more to pay", "d.l.r." c.d.s. (4.8) and oval-framed "unclaimed" in green with, on reverse, despatch and arrival (18.12) datestamps; the envelope and adhesives a little soiled. Photo

Note: This envelope was unclaimed and so it was sent to the Dead Letter Office.There it was opened and, as it, apparently contained something or other valuable, it was officially registered with 6d. "More to Pay" by addressee.

provenance:
Max Watson, October 2005

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Sold for
£150