Lot
317 
New Zealand, 1871, Queen Victoria "Chalon Head", 6d blue, perf 12½, Large Star watermark, showing re-entry (R 17/10), tied by "Auckland, De 22, 73" duplex postmark on cover to Liverpool, England, manuscript via San Francisco routing endorsement and receiving backstamp; couple cover opening tears at top, Very Fine, sent less than two weeks before the end of the Chalon period, illustrated in Odenweller (pg. 257). Scott No. 41. SG No. 135 Estimate $100 - 150.
Realized: $110