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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 #:
  28
• Lot Description:
  - 1872 cover from GB to HMAS Basilisk at Sydney 'or Elsewhere', endorsed 'Via brindisi'
  but with 6d brown Plate '11' only & largely very fine 'INSUFFY STAMPED/VIA-BRINDISI' h/s, apparently carried in a naval or closed bag, endorsed by the recipient 'recd at/Sydney 25 Nov 1872', minor blemishes. Very attractive. Carried per 'Massilia', departed Southampton 26/9/1872; 'Sumatra', departed Suez 13/10/1872; & 'Behar', departed Galle 28/10/1872, arrived Sydney 25/11/1872.
  Symbol: C Grade: B
• Notes:
  [If correctly paid 9d, it would have arrived 21/10/1872. The addressee was paymaster aboard the 'Basilisk', which was on the Australian Station. Port Moresby was named after the ship's master Captain John Moresby]
• Estimate:
  A$1,500 - 1,500
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Numismatics

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