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Auction: 24030 - Stamps and Covers of the World
Lot: 3053

(x) Australian Colonies
Queensland
1862 (13 Dec.) mourning envelope ex the Aaron correspondence from Marlborough to San Francisco via London, bearing 1860-61 rough perf 14-16 1d carmine-rose (3, faults at top due to being affixed at edge of cover) and 1/-violet (2, one bisected diagonally), each tied by rays "96", showing red manuscript "1/3", despatch, London Paid (23.3) and arrival (6.5) datestamps with Brisbane transit c.d.s. on reverse; the envelope with part of flap missing. R.P.S.V. Certificate (2022). S.G. 14, 19. Photo

A remarkable franking, not only the earliest recorded use from Queensland to the United States, but the only known 1/- bisect cover.

Note: This cover was carried from Sydney by P&O Bombay to Galle and Suez, P&O Pera, Alexandria to Southampton and closed mail via New York to San Francisco .

Great Britain received 1/3d. credit from Melbourne that included the ½d. overpayment due to the lack of ½d. stamps.

provenance:
Dale Forster, June 2020

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

Sold for
£13,000