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Auction: 21045 - The Alan Holyoake Grand Prix Collection of British and International Registered Mail
Lot: 305

(x) Australasia
Victoria
Registered Stamp
Transit Mail through U.K.: 1857 (17 Jan.) stunning envelope to Locarno, Switzerland bearing 1854-55 2/- dull bluish green pair, 1/- rose-pink and blue registered stamp (with left margin) plus 1856 Queen on Throne 1d. yellow-green pair tied by "4" barred ovals with Sandhurst despatch oval alongside, handstruck "d6" and orange crayon markings, with London large crown/"registered" in red and a light strike of the first type open oval "registered/g.p.o." dated oval (9.5) code "M" plus Calais transit, the reverse with Melbourne oval, Basel and Locarno arrival (17.5) datestamps, There is some light soiling on the reverse and the adhesive lifted (or part lifted) and replaced, but do belong. A remarkable high franking but underpaid cover. R.P.S. Certificate (1998), R.P.S. Victoria Certificate (2008)

provenance:
Ronnie Winchester, July 2017


Pays 6d. ship letter, 1/- registration, 1/2d. to U.K., the handstruck 6d. for registration to be paid by the recipient, plus 1/- each to France and Switzerland

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

Sold for
£1,800

Starting price
£1800