Auction: 23013 - Stamps and Covers of the World: Featuring Superb Mauritius, the "Claremont" Collection of South West Africa and the Charles Freeland Collection of Virgin Islands
Lot: 1018
(x) Australian Colonies
Queensland
Covers and Cancellations
Mail to Germany
1879 (22 Apr.) envelope from Rockhampton to Othfreson, marked "via Brindisi", bearing 1/- purple tied by unclear obliterator, showing fine despatch c.d.s. with, on reverse, Brindisi (13.6) and arrival datestamps; the envelope opened-out and a fraction soiled. A rare destination
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Sold for
£500
Starting price
£75