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Auction: 5006 - British Empire
Lot: 1114

ST. HELENA Covers and Cancellations 1878 (11 July) envelope registered to Acting Consul-General for Sweden and Norway in London, bearing 1868 CC 4d. carmine (3) and 1873 CC 2d. yellow (2), all cancelled by thick bars obliterator, showing red crayon "4", blue crayon "18", straight-line "registered" h.s., despatch c.d.s. and London arrival datestamp with, on reverse, blue Consulate cachet; a little creased and soiled but a most attractive franking. Photo Estimate £ 2,500-3,000 provenance: R.H. Urwick

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