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Auction: 21045 - The Alan Holyoake Grand Prix Collection of British and International Registered Mail
Lot: 310

(x) Australasia
Victoria
Transit Mail through United Kingdom
1858 (29 Mar.) envelope to Lugano, Switzerland bearing 1854 1/- dull blue strip of four, 1857 4d. dull rose pair and 6d. orange-yellow pair tied by indistinct cancellations bearing the wide crown/"registered", London Paid c.d.s. (21.6) and "PD" in circle, with Calais transit and French "chargé", the reverse with part Hepburn despatch oval, Melbourne c.d.s. and Locarno arrival (26.6) plus two remaining French wax seals; The flap is missing and a severe horizontal crease through the adhesives at the top of the envelope. A rare mixed issue franking

provenance:
Guy Lindfield, October 2006

Ronnie Winchester, July 2017


Pays 1/- registration, 6d. ship letter, 2/2d. for U.K. and 1/- each to France and Switzerland

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

Sold for
£900

Starting price
£900