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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: 1062

(x) Australian Colonies
South Australia
Covers and Cancellations
Mail to United Kingdom
1857 (13 May) entire to Halifax, marked "Per Simla" though carried by the Great Britain, bearing 1855 6d. deep blue with close to good margins and tied by dumb obliterator, showing "paid/adelaide s.a" c.d.s. and scarce framed "paid 22au67/liverpool/ship" d.s., both in red with arrival c.d.s. on reverse. Photo

provenance:
John Griffiths, June 1992
Trevor Davis, May 2003

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

Estimate
£800 to £1,000

Starting price
£550