Sale #49 Special catalogue Australia, USA – Wells Fargo

Tasmanien - Ganzsachen: 1898, 2 ½d purple QV tablet pictorial issue envelope with view 'THE SOUTH ES
1898, 2 ½d purple QV tablet pictorial issue envelope with view 'THE SOUTH ESK RIVER AT LAUNCESTON' (bridge), used at correct foreign letter rate from Launceston, 4.JA.98 (second day of issue), to Elberfeld in Germany, arrival mark (13.2.98) on reverse, apart from a negligible handwritten remark on the backside in VF condition. Only 312 envelopes were issued. Intended usages to foreign destination are scarce!