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• Auction House:
  Mossgreen
• Sale Name:
  The John Lancaster Collections of Australian Trade Exhibitions
• Sale Date:
  18 Oct 2016 ~ 1pm
• Lot #:
  187
• Lot Description:
  POSTED NEWSPAPER : 1880 (Dec 23) "Melbourne International Exhibition/1880/The Argus Supplement"
  complete double-sided 'GRATIS' broadsheet, postally used to France bearing Bell 1d pair tied by Melbourne duplex of JA6/81, superb French Post Offices in Egypt 'ALEXANDRIE/10/FEVR/81/EGYPTE' transit cds, rated "10" (decimes) & superb 'T'-in-triangle h/s, 'CAEN/CALVADOS' arrival cds, folded for display.
• Notes:
  An exceptional item for the Exhibition or Postage Due collector. France #214 in Ben Palmer's Census. [He comments "Newspapers...were charged 1d each but were not fully pre-payable. [?] Evidently even this example which was paid double was still [underpaid]"]
• Estimate:
  A$600 - 800
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Collectables

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