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Auction: 5006 - British Empire
Lot: 1116

ST. HELENA Covers and Cancellations 1879 (1 Feb.) envelope registered to London, bearing 1873 CC 2d. yellow (both affixed envelope and overlapping the edge) and 6d. ultramarine pair, all cancelled by sunburst obliterators, showing red crayon "6" and blue crayon "90", clear despatch c.d.s., straight-line "registered" h.s. and arrival c.d.s.; the envelope a little damaged at top right though most attractive. Photo Estimate £ 1,500-1,800 provenance: "Jamestown"/"Ayre", March 1989

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