cover 1855 (18 May) entire (left side flap removed) from Melbourne to Sydney, bearing 6d. "TOO LATE" lilac and green with good to large margins overlapping 1854 octagonal 1/- blue (just cut into at right) with 6d. orange (good margins) adjacent, each cancelled by barred oval "1/V" obliterator, showing oval despatch and circular Ship Letter arrival d.s. A very rare and attractive franking. S.G. 25, 32, 33.

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cover 1855 (18 May) entire (left side flap removed) from Melbourne to Sydney, bearing 6d. "TOO LATE" lilac and green with good to large margins overlapping 1854 octagonal 1/- blue (just cut into at right) with 6d. orange (good margins) adjacent, each cancelled by barred oval "1/V" obliterator, showing oval despatch and circular Ship Letter arrival d.s. A very rare and attractive franking. S.G. 25, 32, 33.