Lot 133
[ Remove ] | [ C ] | AUSTRALIAN COLONIES - NEW SOUTH WALES - POSTAL HISTORY 1851-1870 [ View this Category ]
Estimate: $5,500 | Starting Price: $4,200 |
MY MAXIMUM BID: $
1857 (10 Dec) envelope from Sydney to Leicester U.K. bearing imperf 1d Orange-red (torn in lower right corner) cancelled dumb obliterator, and endorsed 'From Geo. Millican, Seaman on board H.M.S. "Herald", Australian Station', signed by John Hutchinson (Commanding Officer). Leicester arrival backstamp, FE 7 58. Very rare, believed to be one of only two military concessional rate covers bearing an imperf N.S.W. stamp, ex Trevor Davis and Ed Druce |