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New South Wales
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Lot 166 -
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Description
Earliest Stamped Letter from Australia Remarkable cover to London dated on front "Sydney Nov. 3. 1840" endorsed "G.S. Evans" and addressed to the Chief Commissioner of Crown Lands. The cover carried by hand and franked for domestic transport on arrival in England with 1 d. black with corner letters DI, large margin at right and three huge margins showing five surrounding stamps. The stamp tied to the cover by a Maltese cross in black colour and on the side a straight line "Bishopsgate Within". On back a London arrival pmk. "AP.12 1841". EXHIBITION RARITYSold at Auction
3200.00 EUR -