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Victoria - 1866, Envelope bearing a BLOCK OF FOUR (!) of Victoria 10 d. lilac-brown on rose paper (stamps upper side transport faults, letter with some crinkles) tied by duplex "MELBOURNE SE 10 70" adressed to London, GB (arrival 31.12.70) with alongside m/s "via Marseille", in reason of demolition the railway-bridge of Oise at 15.9.70 by the German army during the 1870/71 German-France-War, the route was changed via Brindisi with a higher postal rate of 3 d. per ½ oz, so the General Post Office in London confect a boxed handstamp "INSUFFICIENTLY PAID FOR BRINDISI ROUTE DEFICIENT POSTAGE" (without tax-denomination, here m/s "1/"= 1 Shilling) for all letters to England, totally ca. 20 letters by the montly ship-departure between 11. September and 11. November with this cancel known, but ONLY TWO LETTERS KNOWN WITH A BLOCK OF FOUR !!, cert. Van der Linden AIEP (2010) Catalog Price 3000,00