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Auction: 20035 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 3040

(x) The Toulmin Packet Service
Australia to U.K.
Voyage 28
1848 (20 Mar.) entire letter from Hartley to Scotland, carried by the “Alert”, rated “11” (deleted) and “1/-“, showing framed “paid at/hartley” in black, “paid ship letter/sydney” oval d.s. (21.3) in red with, on reverse, “hartley/new s. wales” oval d.s., red London c.d.s. (6.8) and Carlisle transit d.s.

Note: The “Alert” left Sydney on 10 April with the mails landed at Downs and arriving in London on 6 August, 118 days passage

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Estimate
£500 to £600

Starting price
£400