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Auction: 21045 - The Alan Holyoake Grand Prix Collection of British and International Registered Mail
Lot: 307

(x) Australasia
Victoria
Post Registered Stamp Period
1859 (16 May) blue envelope to London "per Columbian via Marseilles" bearing 1859 1d. yellow-green (3), 4d. dull rose-red (2) and 1/- blue tied by "1" in fine barred circle, with faint Melbourne despatch oval, small manuscript "6" and the standard London registered dated oval code "M" (1.8). Notation on the reverse suggestes that the letter contained £50. One of the 1d. stamps overlaps the edge of the envelope and is defective, a small repair in the top left corner. A desirable three-colour franking. The compulsory use of registration stamps creased on 5th January 1858. Rodney Perry Certificate (2006). S.G. 76, 81, 83

provenance:
Ken Barelli, May 2014

Ronnie Winchester, July 2017
Pays 9d. for ¼oz. via Marseilles, 1/- registration and 6d. late fee

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

Sold for
£1,300

Starting price
£1300