Auction: 21045 - The Alan Holyoake Grand Prix Collection of British and International Registered Mail
Lot: 289
(x) Australasia
New South Wales
Registered Stamps
Transit Mail through U.K.
1856 (24 Sept.) envelope to Lyon bearing 1854-59 1/- pale red single and pair (good to large margins all round) with 1856-59 (6d.) vermilion and Prussian blue registered stamp (touched to very large margins, small part covered by other adhesive) cancelled by dumb barred ovals and a very fine strike of "
Carried on the 'Red Jacket' a Colonial contract clipper of the White Star Line
Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.
Sold for
£3,000
Starting price
£1300