NEW SOUTH WALES / ANTIGUA

Covers and stamps / Australian States

NEW SOUTH WALES / ANTIGUA NEW SOUTH WALES / ANTIGUA: 1869 (16 June) mourning envelope from Sydney, marked ‘Via Southampton, Per R.M.S. Avoca’, bearing New South Wales 6d. violet and 1/- rose-carmine clearly tied by duplex, showing red crayon ‘11’ and ‘1’, London Paid transit c.d.s. (13.8) and, on reverse, clear arrival datestamp (2.9). A most attractive franking illustrating the 1/6d. per 1/2oz rate via Southampton. Provenance: Trevor Davis (May 2003), Alvarado (May 2010) and Simon Greenwood.NEW SOUTH WALES / ANTIGUA NEW SOUTH WALES / ANTIGUA: 1869 (16 June) mourning envelope from Sydney, marked ‘Via Southampton, Per R.M.S. Avoca’, bearing New South Wales 6d. violet and 1/- rose-carmine clearly tied by duplex, showing red crayon ‘11’ and ‘1’, London Paid transit c.d.s. (13.8) and, on reverse, clear arrival datestamp (2.9). A most attractive franking illustrating the 1/6d. per 1/2oz rate via Southampton. Provenance: Trevor Davis (May 2003), Alvarado (May 2010) and Simon Greenwood.

NEW SOUTH WALES / ANTIGUA: 1869 (16 June) mourning envelope from Sydney, marked ‘Via Southampton, Per R.M.S. Avoca’, bearing New South Wales 6d. violet and 1/- rose-carmine clearly tied by duplex, showing red crayon ‘11’ and ‘1’, London Paid transit c.d.s. (13.8) and, on reverse, clear arrival datestamp (2.9). A most attractive franking illustrating the 1/6d. per 1/2oz rate via Southampton. Provenance: Trevor Davis (May 2003), Alvarado (May 2010) and Simon Greenwood.

£725

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