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Auction: 9028 - British Empire Stamps & Postal History
Lot: 419

x South Australia Covers and Cancellations 1886 (8 Feb.) envelope from Adelaide "p Garrone" of the Orient Line to Netherlands, bearing Perkins Bacon 6d. blue in combination with De La Rue 2d. orange sharing a light strike of the Ship Mail Room duplex, arrival c.d.s. (16.3) on reverse. A rare destination and possibly the only known cover bearing a Perkins Bacon stamp to the Netherlands. Photo Estimate £ 250-300

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