TWENTY-THREE CENTS RATE TO AUSTRALIA
cover 1860-63, 1c Black, 2c Purple, 10c Scarlet (8, 9, 12, Gibbons 18, 21, 27), horizontal pair of 10c, all cancelled by oval grid, on 1867 cover to Victoria, Australia; Walton despatch, Halifax and Melbourne transit, and Kyneton arrival d.s. on reverse, red London PAID d.s., red 10 rate h.s.; stamps with some minor faults, cover flap torn and slight toning, with 1964 R.P.S. certificate; ex Argenti and referenced on p. 197 of his handbook; illustrating the 23c rate to Australia via the United Kingdom, rare photo
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cover 1860-63, 1c Black, 2c Purple, 10c Scarlet (8, 9, 12, Gibbons 18, 21, 27), horizontal pair of 10c, all cancelled by oval grid, on 1867 cover to Victoria, Australia; Walton despatch, Halifax and Melbourne transit, and Kyneton arrival d.s. on reverse, red London PAID d.s., red 10 rate h.s.; stamps with some minor faults, cover flap torn and slight toning, with 1964 R.P.S. certificate; ex Argenti and referenced on p. 197 of his handbook; illustrating the 23c rate to Australia via the United Kingdom, rare photo