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Sale 92: The Summer Sale

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1862-64 Chalon Issue, Perf. 13, Wmk. Large Star

Lot 254    

New Zealand, 1862, Queen Victoria "Chalon Head", 1s yellow green, perf 13, Large Star watermark, vertical pair, used with 1d orange vermilion (68), 2d blue (72) and 3d brown lilac (74), all with strong shades and cancelled by strikes of "Dunedin" barred oval, red "Dunedin N.Z. OC 14, 1863" cds and matching "Registered" double-arc handstamp on cover with blue "Via Marseilles" routing ribbon to Boston Mass., large "8" pence credit rating, red "Registered, London 12 FE 04" oval transit and crowned "Registered" handstamp, red "Boston Br. Pkt. 'Paid' Feb 29" exchange leap year arrival cds; some small edge flaws, Very Fine and attractive use, ex-Antipodes, Corinphila (September 1988, lot 3441), Vivian Sussex, Cavendish (March 2002, lot 359); signed Holcombe, with 2001 B.P.A. certificate. Scott No. 20b. Campbell Paterson No. A6e (5).
SG No. 80    Estimate $5,000 - 7,500.

THE ONLY RECORDED RECORDED FOUR-COLOR PERF 13 FRANKING. A REMARKABLE REGISTERED USE TO THE UNITED STATES.

Cover prepaid 2s 6d for the 1s 6d rate to the United States plus 1s registry fee.

Realized: $4,500

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