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Auction: 5023 - Important Great Britain, British Post Offices Abroad, Crowned Circles & B.E.
Lot: 1365

x Victoria 1852 (Dec.) Queen on Throne Ham 2d. reddish brown, a strip of six, AE-FK, and three singles, GO, HN and IO, tied by "19" barred oval on 1854 (3 June) entire letter to Glasgow showing manuscript "2/-" and, on reverse, "hamilton/victoria" d.s. and Melbourne transit d.s. This is the largest known multiple on cover. A magnificent showpiece and surely one of the most attractive covers of Victoria. B.P.A. Certificate (1990). S.G. 18 Estimate £ 7,000-8,000 provenance: J.R.W. Purves

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