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Auction: 20035 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 3005

(x) The Toulmin Packet Service
U.K. to Australia
Voyage 24
1845 (23 Dec.) entire letter from Glasgow addressed to “Revd Henry Nisbet, Upolu Samoa, care of, Revd Dr Ross, Sydney”, carried by the “Henrietta”, showing despatch and London Paid (30.12) datestamps with, on reverse, “ship letter/sydney” arrival datestamp (17.5). Rare incoming mail to Samoa

Note: The “Henrietta” left Gravesend on 1 January 1846 and arrived in Sydney on 16 May, 135 days passage

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Estimate
£400 to £500

Starting price
£320