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Auction: 7015 - Important Stamps and Covers of the World
Lot: 1121

x Victoria 1860 envelope to England, bearing Emblem perf 12 1d. (5) each with manuscript cross and showing, on reverse, light Melbourne c.d.s. partially overstruck curved "Victoria Express" h.s. with manuscript "Lamplough 12/3/60" below and clear South Shields arrival datestamp (13 Apr.); the envelope slightly soiled. This is the only recorded cover showing the cachet of this Express company Estimate £ 8,000-10,000 Note: In "The Australian Philatelist", Vol. 2 No. 1, Allan Levy wrote an article on the "Mail Expresses on the Victorian Goldfields" in which this cover was illustrated and mentioned.

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