Sale No: 87
Lot No: 6481
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Cat No: 132
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New Zealand, 1871, Queen Victoria "Chalon Head", 1d red brown, perf 12½. Large Star watermark. Used with 1874, 1s green (177) with double perfs at bottom, tied by numeral "20" medium barred ovals, "Greymouth, MR - 26, 74" origin cds backstamp on registered cover to Scotland, magenta "Registered 385" number, Nelson transit backstamp, red "London Registered, 10 JU 74" arrival transit, reverse with Glasgow (6.10) transit and Govan (6.11) arrival backstamp; some soiling and edge wear and edge tear at left, a Very Fine. Scott No. 39 var. Campbell Paterson No. A1q (2).
SG No. 132; Estimate $3,000 - 4,000.
Provenance: John Woolfe, Spink, October 2006, lot 328.
A RARE CHALON HEAD AND SIDEFACE COMBINATION REGISTERED USAGE, OF WHICH ONLY THREE OR FOUR COMBINATIONS HAVE BEEN RECORDED.
This cover was carried by ship from Auckland to San Francisco, then U.S. transcontinental railroad to New York, then NGL "Rhein" to Southampton. Est. $3,000-4,000 (Image)
Est. $3,000-4,000
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Opening US$ 2,800.00
Sold...US$ 2,800.00
Closed..Apr-27-2019, 23:14:49 EST
Sold For 2800
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