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INWARDS MAIL: 1877 Macartney cover from Ireland "via Brindisi" with 1d red Plate '173' x2 & 6d grey Plate '15' tied by 'DUBLIN/ 6 / JA4/77 - 186' duplex, Rockhampton b/s of FE27/77 & Marlborough b/s, part of the flap missing. Per "Sumatra", departed Brindisi 8/1/1877; "Deccan" from Suez; "Travancore" from Galle to Singapore; then via Torres Strait per "Somerset", arrived Rockhampton 27/2/1877.