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Auction: 20010 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 1357

(x) Queensland
1871 (21 Oct.) envelope registered from Rockhampton to London, marked "Via Southampton", bearing Chalon 6d. (2) and "registered" 1/-, all clearly cancelled, showing "registered/rockhampton" oval d.s. at lower left and red arrival registered d.s. (30.12) additionally tying the 6d.; the envelope a touch soiled and with recipient's notation at left. Photo

Note: Hugh Campbell in "Queensland Postal History" records this as the only example of the registered datestamp known and refers to this cover at page 205.

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