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

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Via San Francisco Post 1870: Pre-Treaty

Lot 4178    

Australian States: New South Wales, 1871 (Oct. 18) Sydney, New South Wales to Elk Creek Wis., cover bearing New South Wales, 2d blue (36) and 6d violet (40), tied by two strikes of "N.S.W." oval duplexed with "Sydney, OC 18, 71" duplex, carried by Webb & Holladay Nebraska via Fiji and Honolulu, bold "San Francisco, Cal. '10' Dec 4" integral-due cds for 10¢ steamship rate; edge flaws, Fine.
Estimate    $150 - 200.

Webb & Holladay formed the Australia Mail Steamship Line and ran from Sydney via Auckland, Fiji and Honolulu to San Francisco from June 1871 until March 1873.

Realized: $240

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