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Auction: 18037 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 1594

(x) Victoria
1856 (12 Apr.) entire letter from Geelong to London, bearing Woodblock 1854-55 imperf 6d. dull orange and "too late" 6d. lilac and green, both with good to large margins and showing the knife slit method used at Geelong to separate stamps, both clearly tied by Barred Numeral "2", showing handstruck "3d" and arrival Paid c.d.s. (17.7), both in red, with despatch and Melbourne datestamps on reverse. A most attractive franking and considered by many to be the best Too Late cover in existence. R.P.S. Certificate (2014). Photo

provenance:
Tomasini
Rod Perry
Roland Geitenbeek, October 2014

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Estimate
£8,500 to £10,000