cover 1861 (16 Feb.) cover from Cape Town addressed to New Zealand "per H.M. St.S. Miranda via Sydney", bearing 4d. blue, margins all round, with indistinct cancellation; backstamped Cape Town and showing on the front "NELSON/AP 25/1861/NEW ZEALAND" transit c.d.s. and "AUCKLAND/AP 28/1861/NEW ZEALAND" arrival c.d.s.; scarce. | Christie's

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cover 1861 (16 Feb.) cover from Cape Town addressed to New Zealand "per H.M. St.S. Miranda via Sydney", bearing 4d. blue, margins all round, with indistinct cancellation; backstamped Cape Town and showing on the front "NELSON/AP 25/1861/NEW ZEALAND" transit c.d.s. and "AUCKLAND/AP 28/1861/NEW ZEALAND" arrival c.d.s.; scarce.

細節

cover 1861 (16 Feb.) cover from Cape Town addressed to New Zealand "per H.M. St.S. Miranda via Sydney", bearing 4d. blue, margins all round, with indistinct cancellation; backstamped Cape Town and showing on the front "NELSON/AP 25/1861/NEW ZEALAND" transit c.d.s. and "AUCKLAND/AP 28/1861/NEW ZEALAND" arrival c.d.s.; scarce.

拍品專文

Note: The cover mailed in February arrived some three weeks before the cover mailed in January.