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Auction: 21045 - The Alan Holyoake Grand Prix Collection of British and International Registered Mail
Lot: 303

(x) Australasia
Victoria
Registered Stamp
1854 (15 Dec.) neat envelope to London "Per the Antelope Steamer", marked "Registered" and bearing a fine example of the 1854 1/- rose-pink and blue registered stamp well tied by neat "2/V" postmark, with faint manuscript "1/-" in red ink (paid in cash) and "1/-" in black ink, a good strike of the boxed "too late" in red and London Paid arrival (17.3), the reverse with Geelong despatch oval, Melbourne (16.12) and London (17.3) transit datestamp. There is some soiling on the reverse, otherwise fresh and fine. A very interesting cover; prepayment with postage stamps became compulsory on 1st January 1855, thus such a franking could only appear in the first month of issue. This is the second earliest example of use of the registration stamp. B.P.A. Certificate (2015)

Pays ship letter rate 1/- and registration 1/-, the 1/- for inward ship letter and U.K. registration of 6d. to be paid by the recipient. The boxed Too Late required the late fee of 6d. to be paid in cash by the sender

Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.

Sold for
£2,900

Starting price
£1000