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Stamps and Postal History (#47MG) Closed

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Lot 391869 (Feb 28) cover to Italy unusually "via Marseilles" with Small Chalons 2d blue x2 & 6d yellow-green tied by light but legible Rays '79' cancels of 'GAINSFORD' (b/s), faint French mailboat transit cds in red on the face, very fine '11 M/FIRENZE/MAG 12/69' arrival b/s, docketing on the face & minor repaired flap fault. A rare destination from Queensland. [P&O ships terminated at Sydney. Although there were experimental voyages via Torres Strait in the mid-1860s, the Torres Strait Route did not

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Lot closed - Price Realized:$3,800 (3 bids)
Estimate: $1,500

Stamps and Postal History (#47MG) Closed

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  • 1869 (Feb 28) cover to Italy unusually "via Marseilles" with Small Chalons 2d blue x2 & 6d yellow-green tied by light but legible Rays '79' cancels of 'GAINSFORD' (b/s), faint French mailboat transit cds in red on the face, very fine '11 M/FIRENZE/MAG 12/
  • 1869 (Feb 28) cover to Italy unusually "via Marseilles" with Small Chalons 2d blue x2 & 6d yellow-green tied by light but legible Rays '79' cancels of 'GAINSFORD' (b/s), faint French mailboat transit cds in red on the face, very fine '11 M/FIRENZE/MAG 12/ - 2
  • 1869 (Feb 28) cover to Italy unusually "via Marseilles" with Small Chalons 2d blue x2 & 6d yellow-green tied by light but legible Rays '79' cancels of 'GAINSFORD' (b/s), faint French mailboat transit cds in red on the face, very fine '11 M/FIRENZE/MAG 12/ - 3
  • 1869 (Feb 28) cover to Italy unusually "via Marseilles" with Small Chalons 2d blue x2 & 6d yellow-green tied by light but legible Rays '79' cancels of 'GAINSFORD' (b/s), faint French mailboat transit cds in red on the face, very fine '11 M/FIRENZE/MAG 12/ - 4
  • 1869 (Feb 28) cover to Italy unusually "via Marseilles" with Small Chalons 2d blue x2 & 6d yellow-green tied by light but legible Rays '79' cancels of 'GAINSFORD' (b/s), faint French mailboat transit cds in red on the face, very fine '11 M/FIRENZE/MAG 12/ - 5