Auction: 21045 - The Alan Holyoake Grand Prix Collection of British and International Registered Mail
Lot: 312
(x) Australasia
Victoria
Transit Mail through United Kingdom
1858 (13 Sept.) an appealing cover to Locarno, Switzerland bearing 1854 1/- dull blue horizontal strip of four and single plus 1857 roulette 4d. pale dull rose (2, one folded over the edge of the envelope and is defective) with indistinct numeral cancellations, marked "Regd 660" and "4/2" rate mark in red ink, with wide crown/"
Pays 1/- registration, 6d. ship letter, 2/2d. to U.K. and 1/- each to France and Switzerland. Carried on the E.& A. 'European' from Melbourne to Suez and on the 'Teviot' from Suez to Southampton
Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.
Sold for
£520
Starting price
£520