Lot 6389
New Zealand, 1864, Queen Victoria "Chalon Head", 6d red brown, perf 12½, Large Star watermark, tied by "Dunedin, MR 18, 69" duplex on blue cover to Mohawk, Canada, red manuscript "6" rating at left, red London Paid (5.22) transit cds and red crayon "1" pence colonial credit, Hamilton C.W. (6.2) transit backstamp, F.-V.F. Scott No. 36. Campbell Paterson No. A5h (2).SG No. 122 Estimate $200 - 300.
This letter was prepaid 6d for a ½ ounce letter to Canada via Panama, but actually sent underpaid at the 1s rate for a letter via Suez and the United Kingdom (effective Jan. 11th 1867 to Nov. 21st 1871).
Realized: $220