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• Auction House:
  Mossgreen
• Sale Name:
  Stamps & Postal History
• Sale Date:
  05 Mar 2015 ~ Session 1 (Lots 1 - 176) - 1pm
  05 Mar 2015 ~ Session 2 (Lots 501 - 647) - 3pm
• Lot #:
  90
• Lot Description:
  - 1847 (Sep.28) stampless entire letter from Worcestershire with 'UPTON-ON-SEVERN/SP9/1847' b/s & 'WORCESTER'
  cds on the face, rated '1/-' in red & with oval 'PAID SHIP LETTER' d/s of London, rounded-boxed 'SHIP LETTER/31JA 1/1848' arrival d/s in black (3rd type), minor blemishes.
  Symbol: C Grade: B
• Notes:
  [The contents of the lengthy personal letter include reporting on the loss of a daughter to smallpox: 'the only one of my children who has not been vaccinated....']A scarce example of Toulmin Packet mail to Van Diemen's Land: carried per 'Alert', departed Gravesend 1/10/1847, arrived Sydney 30/1/1858. Ordinarilly, mail for VDL would have been trans-shipped by coastal vessel from Sydney. However, in this instance, the arrival datestamp of 31/1/1848 indicates that the mail for Van Diemen's Land - & presumably for the Port Phillip District - was off-loaded, probably at Melbourne, making this an even more significant item.
• GST:
  Please note GST will be charged on the hammer price
• Estimate:
  A$500 - 500
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Numismatics

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