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Auction: 20035 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 3002

(x) The Toulmin Packet Service
U.K. to Australia
Voyage 7
1844 (27 July) entire from London to Sydney and redirected to Newcastle, carried by the “Sarah Scott”, rated “1/-“ and “5”, showing despatch d.s. in red, superb “newcastle/new s. wales” d.s. (12.1.45) and, on reverse, “ship letter/sydney” arrival datestamp (14.12); two small tears at foot of face panel

Note: The “Sarah Scott” left Gravesend on 1 August and put into Portsmouth. She sailed again on 9 August and arrived in Sydney on 14 December, 135 days passage.

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Estimate
£250 to £300

Starting price
£200