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Auction: 9003 - British Empire
Lot: 438

Victoria 1857 (13 July), envelope addressed to Abernethy, Fifeshire, bearing 1854-55 imperf. 6d. dull orange and 1/-"registered" rose-pink and blue, close to good margins all round and tied by "5" in barred oval cancellations, endorsed "Per Over Land Mail", black "6" handstamp and with red "registered/m/5 sp/1857/g.p.o." datestamp on the front, Ballarat and Melbourne despatch markings, Edinburgh, Newburgh and undated Abernethy markings on reverse; fine. S.G. 32a, 34. Photo Estimate £ 2,000-2,200

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