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Auction: 22020 - The Robin Gwynn Collection of New Zealand
Lot: 2

(x) New Zealand
Early Letters
1855 (10 Nov.) envelope to Mrs. Brown "to the care of S Graham Esq" at "Tauranga via Auckland", rated "2" and showing a light strike of Crowned Circle "paid/ at/ petre new zealand" at left, Auckland transit datestamp (7.12) at right, despatch datestamp on reverse. S.G. CC5, £1,400

provenance:
"Pegasus", February 2019

Note: Mrs. Brown was the wife of pioneer missionary A. N. Brown who established the mission station at Tauranga. He and his wife sailed into the Bay of Islands in 1829 as only the third ordained missionary to arrive in the country. Brown died in 1884 at Tauranga.

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

Sold for
£2,700

Starting price
£320