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Auction: 7016 - British North America featuring the "JURA" Collection
Lot: 2167

x CANADA The Large Queen Issue Fifteen Cents Purple Montreal Printings, Perforated 12 Covers 1888 (23 May) corner advertising envelope (234x123mm.) from the Oceanic Publishing Co., Guelph "via San Francisco" to W.A. Wells Fargo in Auckland, bearing 15c. slaty blue horizontal strip of six with the right-hand stamp being [10] with three dots "Pawnbroker" variety, cancelled with cork obliterators and showing despatch c.d.s. on face, the reverse with San Francisco (3.6) and Auckland (24.6) c.d.s.; the envelope with a few small imperfections though in generally fine condition. A remarkable six times franking from this famous correspondence. Photo Estimate £ 1,200-1,500

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