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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: 1071

(x) Victoria
Registered Mail 1847-1876
Mail to United Kingdom
1859 (Aug.) envelope from Melbourne to Edinburgh, marked "Via Marseilles", bearing Octagonal perf 12 1/- and Emblem perf 12 1d. (perfs cut off at right) and 4d. block of four and single, all tied by "1" in bars, showing light "registered/melbourne" c.d.s. and "Crown/registered" h.s., both in red, with arrival datestamp (9.10) on reverse; the envelope a fraction soiled. A fine mixed issue franking. Photo

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£2,000