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Auction: 24021 - The Philatelic Collector's Series - e-Auction
Lot: 3182

Ceylon
Covers and Cancellations
10d. rate to the United Kingdom via Marseilles
1864 (27 Sept.) mourning envelope from Nuweraeliya to London, bearing 1857-59 10d. vermilion with margins in places and neatly cancelled with oval of bars, showing despatch Paid c.d.s. and London Paid c.d.s. (25.10) in red alongside, a further London c.d.s. (25.10) on reverse; scarce with only about ten such items recorded.

provenance:
Spink, July 2006

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Sold for
£320