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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: 1067

(x) Australian Colonies
South Australia
Covers and Cancellations
Mail to United States of America
1884 (30 Oct.) envelope to San Francisco, bearing 1876-1900 perf 10x11½ 6d. blue indistinctly cancelled and tied by arrival datestamp (2.12), showing "semaphore/s.a." c.d.s. alongside, on arrival struck with "u.s. charge/to collect/5 cents" h.s. with US Postage Due 5c. on reverse tied by four concentric rings. A scarce cover. Photo

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Sold for
£750

Starting price
£180