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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: 1080

(x) Victoria
Registered Mail 1847-1876
Mail to United Kingdom
1865 (24 July) mourning envelope from Geelong to London, bearing Laureated 1/- tied by "2" duplex, marked "Officially Regst", showing "registered/melbourne" c.d.s. in red, "detained for/additional postage" double-lined oval, oval-framed "more to pay" with manuscript "6d" inserted, "d.l.o." d.s. and manuscript "Supposed to contain Gold or Silver"; the envelope with flap missing and a little soiled. RPSV Certificate (2008). Photo

provenance:
Rod Moreton, May 2005

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Sold for
£700