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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: 1027

(x) Australian Colonies
Queensland
Covers and Cancellations
Mail to United Kingdom
1874 (6 July) envelope (part flap torn away) from Clermont to London readdressed to Southsea, bearing 1d. orange-vermilion and 4d. lilac (2), all cancelled by "63" sunburst, showing despatch c.d.s. overstruck by London d.s., circular-framed "1d" applied upon redirection and, on reverse, Rockhampton (11.7) and Portsmouth (28.9) datestamps; and 1876 (Feb.) envelope from Warwick to Gloucester, marked "Via Brindisi", bearing 1d. orange-vermilion, 2d. blue and 6d. yellow-green, all cancelled by "81" sunburst and tied by despatch c.d.s. and showing, on reverse, Brisbane (1.3) and arrival (23.4) datestamps

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Sold for
£450

Starting price
£180