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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: 1068

(x) Victoria
Registered Mail 1847-1876
Mail to United Kingdom
1859 (16 May) envelope from Melbourne to London, marked "pr Columbian via Marseilles", bearing Emblem 1859 perf 12 1d. yellow-green pair (perfs cut off at foot) and single (faults due to being affixed over lower right corner), 4d. dull rose pair and single and 1/- Octagonal perf 12, all tied by "killer" cancel "1", showing light "registered/melbourne" c.d.s. and Registered arrival d.s., both in red. An attractive three colour franking illustrating the 9d rate via Marseilles plus 1/- registration and 6d. "Late Fee". Rod Perry Certificate (2006). Photo

provenance:
Ken Barelli, May 2014

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Sold for
£1,400