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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: 1020

(x) Australian Colonies
Queensland
Covers and Cancellations
Mail to India
1869 (4 Aug.) envelope from Nanango to Bengal, bearing 6d. green pair with indistinct cancels and showing, on reverse, despatch, Brisbane, Calcutta and arrival datestamps; and 1871 (12 May) envelope (slightly soiled) from Maryborough to the "G.I.P. Railway, Hurdah", bearing 6d. yellow-green (2) cancelled by light "96" sunburst, showing fine "1. sect 4/up/ne/line" c.d.s. (22.6) with, on reverse, despatch, Brisbane and arrival datestamps

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Sold for
£1,500

Starting price
£100