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Lot
4095
Australian States: Victoria, 1868 (Aug. 25) Melbourne, Victoria to New York N.Y., legal-size cover bearing Victoria, 1s blue (80), two singles, and 2s blue (28), three singles, all tied by strikes of "Victoria" barred oval duplexed with "Melbourne, AU 28, 68" cds, endorsed "Via Panama", carried by New Zealand's Panama Line Mataura from Sydney Sep. 2nd to Panama arriving Oct. 8th, across Isthmus and steamship to New York, New York pencil "80 Cents Due" rating; cover faulty and stained, right 2s faults, Fine and rare multiple-rate use. Estimate $1,500 - 2,000.
THE LARGEST RECORDED PANAMA LINE FRANKING.
Realized: $1,150