Victoria
Lot 1151 Victoria
Description
1855 (July 26) envelope addressed to "Andrew Brown Esq, Consignee by the Prince of the Seas, Melbourne" apparently carried privately to port and put into the mails, first rated "2" local letter rate and then Queen-on-Throne Campbell & Fergusson Printings 2d red-purple 'KO' Pos [10] (margins close to large; small fault at lower-right) affixed tied by Barred Oval '1' cancel and Melbourne oval backstamp, additionally Butterfly '48' cancel and 'ADVERTISED/ AND/UNCLAIMED' handstamp both in red on the face, a couple of minor blemishes. According to Freeman & White, this Butterfly cancel was used "as a receipt mark between May and December 1855 on all mail addressed to high officials at the GPO". Ex Rod Perry
Bid on this lot
Lot 1151 Victoria
Description
1855 (July 26) envelope addressed to "Andrew Brown Esq, Consignee by the Prince of the Seas, Melbourne" apparently carried privately to port and put into the mails, first rated "2" local letter rate and then Queen-on-Throne Campbell & Fergusson Printings 2d red-purple 'KO' Pos [10] (margins close to large; small fault at lower-right) affixed tied by Barred Oval '1' cancel and Melbourne oval backstamp, additionally Butterfly '48' cancel and 'ADVERTISED/ AND/UNCLAIMED' handstamp both in red on the face, a couple of minor blemishes. According to Freeman & White, this Butterfly cancel was used "as a receipt mark between May and December 1855 on all mail addressed to high officials at the GPO". Ex Rod Perry
