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Auction: 18047 - The Chartwell Collection of Australian States and Commonwealth, an unreserved auction for the benefit of the Chartwell Philanthropic Educational Programme
Lot: 35

(x) New South Wales
1850-51 Sydney Views
Covers
1851 (12 May) double rate entire letter from Sydney to Adelaide, marked "p. Wild Irish Girl", bearing 3d. yellow-green on greyish paper (2), [1] and [2], tied by dumb obliterator and blue "g.p.o./south australia" arrival datestamp; the adhesives with slight stains and one with small corner crease. The contents refer to yesterday's mails to South America mistakenly put by P.O. on board ship to California. Photo

provenance:
Victor Frankenstein, May 2000

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Sold for
£1,300