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Sale 93: The Dale Forster Collection of Australian - United States Mails

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Via Suez and Marseilles

Lot 4147    

Australian States: Victoria, 1860 (Aug. 27) Morses Creek, Victoria to Springfield, Cal., cover bearing Victoria, 4d rose, strip of four and pair, strip folded over edge, cancelled by numeral "279" barred circles, reverse with Morses Creek (8.27) oval and Melbourne (8.29) transit cds, carried by P&O Jeddo from Melbourne, red London Paid (11.13) transit cds and manuscript "1/2" 1s2d credit for closed mail to San Francisco, red "San Francisco Cal., Paid, Dec 24, 1860" exchange; bit of flap missing and stamp flaws, Fine and scarce prepaid 23½d rate.
Estimate    $200 - 300.

THE ONLY RECORDED VIA MARSEILLES COVER FULLY PREPAID TO UNITED STATES WEST-COAST.

There was a ¼ ounce via Marseilles fully paid to destination 23½ pence rate to the USA west-coast (3 pence more than the Southampton rate seen in previous chapter).

Springfield is an unincorporated community located in Tuolumne County, California. It is a former California Gold Rush boomtown in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada, and is now designated as a California Historical Landmark.

Realized: $230

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