CORINPHILA AUCTIONS 297 - 308 Day 3

Typographed from Woodblocks by Samuel Calvert 1854/55: 6 d. dull orange, imperforate, a used example with margins all round, tied to 1858 cover endorsed "per Kent" to Sonneberg bei Coburg, Germany tied by barred numeral "2" of Geelong in black. Reverse with Geelong despatch datestamp (June 19) and Melbourne transit. On arrival in London the "PAID" cds in red was deleted by London numeral obliterator "3" in black. "Aus England Per Aachen" transit on reverse alongside Weimar and Sonneberg datestamps. Rate breakdown: Prepaid to London, 6½ sgr. London-Sonneberg, converted to 23 sgr. (T&T rate) plus 1 sgr. for delivery, altered to '45' at Weimar on re-assessment as doble letter but deleted. Unrecorded in "Pre UPU Destination Mail of Victoria" by Ben Palmer, which lists just two covers to Saxony, however Sonneberg is in Southern Thurn & Taxis: but also unrecorded therein. A rare and most interesting cover.rnProvenance: Prestige, Melbourne, 14 Aug 2010, lot 428.