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Auction: 8021 - British Empire Stamps and Covers
Lot: 1556

x Victoria 1850-59 Half-Lengths 3d. Fourth Printing - S.G. 11, 11a, 11b 3d. blue [5] tied by Barred Oval "1" on 1853 (3 Dec.) entire pre-paying the 3d. ship letter rate from Melbourne to Liverpool and upon arrival the entire was re-addressed to Boston, USA, marked "p Great Britain" (deleted), showing despatch oval d.s., handstruck "8", Liverpool c.d.s. (18.2), "19/cents" accountancy h.s., "boston br pkt" arrival d.s (24.3) and, on reverse, unframed "liverpool/ship letter"; the entire with heavy central vertical filing crease and adhesive tape stain along top on reverse. Rare, only a dozen Half-Length covers to the United States of America are known. S.G. 11. Photo Estimate £ 300-400 provenance: Rod Perry

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