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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 #:
  70
• Lot Description:
  - 1940 (Mar 12) usage of Greek Ancient Navy 2L Postal Card uprated with 2L strip of 3 in the same design, to Herbert Basedow,
  boxed '.../225/GREEK CENSOR' h/s & diamond Adelaide censor h/s both in violet, minor blemishes. The message enquires about Basedow supplying half a tonne of bismuth. Italy invaded Greece on 28/10/1940.
  Symbol: PS Grade: A-
• Notes:
  [Herbert Basedow was something of a Rennaissance Man. A medical doctor, he was also chairman of several mining companies in Central Australia. A member of major expeditions to the Northern Territory, he was also an accomplished anthropologist & staunch supporter of Australia's aborigines. In 1934, the Australian Government bought part of his ethnology collection, now in Canberra's Australian Institute of Anatomy]
• Estimate:
  A$150 - 150
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Numismatics

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