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Auction: 18037 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 1596

(x) Victoria
1860 (21 Aug.) entire letter to Melbourne, bearing Beaded Oval 4d. tied by indistinct numeral cancel (crossed by pressed vertical filing crease) and showing, on reverse, a superb strike of the large and impressive "victoria express/s. collou & co/stationers/News & Letter Agency/&c/inglewood" cachet, manuscript "1" (signifying that the express fee of 1/- had been paid; partly obscured by flap), Inglewood c.d.s. where the letter was put into the postal system and arrival datestamp (23.8). Very rare, being one of only two recorded examples of this cachet. RPSV Certificate (2008). Photo

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Estimate
£2,000 to £2,500