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Postal Routes to Australia; 1860 (Jan 13): Cover from Nyborg to Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, endorsed "The Direkt Australia Paket", bearing 1854/57 dotted spandrels 16 sk. violet-grey in a horizontal strip of
three in combination with 1858 wavy spandrels 4 sk. brown, a single example and a pair, overall fresh examples with good to large margins, two adhesives cut into, just mentioned for accuracy, tied by '46' numeral. HAMBURG transit of
the Danish and German P.O., "LONDON PAID" in red (Jan 16), MELBOURNE transit backstamp with date error AP 13 59, and oval "SANDHURST VICTORIA" AP 14 60" transit backstamp. The weiterfranko beyond Denmark was noted with '12'
silbergroschen in red crayon on obverse with 3 sgr. for Germany, 1 sgr. for Belgium, 3 sgr. for the United Kingdom, and 5 sgr. for the sea postage, the total of 14 sgr. including the Danish share was completely paid with the 60
skilling franking, a rate in force between 1 July 1859 and November 1863. One of the most iconic Skilling covers, the earliest recorded cover sent to the Far East or Australia bearing Danish stamps, the only recorded cover to
Australia franked exclusively with imperforate issues, and the only recorded example of the 60 sk. rate. In addition a desirable item for advanced collections of Incoming mail to Australia or Europe-Australia Shipmail. Cert. Nielsen
(2004). Provenance: Collection W. F. Foulk; Collection Jeffrey L. Foulk; Collection John Jacob Engellau, Corinphila sale 65 (June 1981), lot 5201; Collection Geir Kaasa; Collection Peer Lorentzen, Højland sale 47, lot 194;
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