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Overland via Brindisi 1870 (Sept 11): Cover form Melbourne,
Victoria ...di più Overland via Brindisi 1870 (Sept 11): Cover form Melbourne, Victoria to London endorsed "via Marseilles", bearing 1869 Victoria Laureate 10 d. blackish brown on pink in a block of four, straight edge at top, cancelled by the Melbourne duplex prepaying 3 s. 4 d. quadruple rate for a 2 ounce ship letter via Marseilles and underpaid 1 s. for the redirected 4 s. 4 d. rate via Brindisi. Excellent strike of the “INSUFFICIENTLY PAID / FOR BRINDISI ROUTE /DEFICIENT POSTAGE” blank handstamp in black applied in London. “1/-” manuscript in black representing the deficient postage via Brindisi. Some minor closed cover tears but of great rarity. Four covers recorded from the Australian Colonies with the blank Deficient Postage handstamp, one is from New South Wales and the other three emanate from Victoria. Route - P&O Line: Departed Melbourne 11 Sept 1870 per “Avoca” to Galle (2 Oct); “Candia” (4 Oct) to Suez (20 Oct); overland to Alexandria. Adriatic & Oriental Line: “Cairo” (23 Oct) to Brindisi; by rail from Brindisi (26 Oct) to London 31 Oct 1870 (51 days)
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Victoria ...di più Overland via Brindisi 1870 (Sept 11): Cover form Melbourne, Victoria to London endorsed "via Marseilles", bearing 1869 Victoria Laureate 10 d. blackish brown on pink in a block of four, straight edge at top, cancelled by the Melbourne duplex prepaying 3 s. 4 d. quadruple rate for a 2 ounce ship letter via Marseilles and underpaid 1 s. for the redirected 4 s. 4 d. rate via Brindisi. Excellent strike of the “INSUFFICIENTLY PAID / FOR BRINDISI ROUTE /DEFICIENT POSTAGE” blank handstamp in black applied in London. “1/-” manuscript in black representing the deficient postage via Brindisi. Some minor closed cover tears but of great rarity. Four covers recorded from the Australian Colonies with the blank Deficient Postage handstamp, one is from New South Wales and the other three emanate from Victoria. Route - P&O Line: Departed Melbourne 11 Sept 1870 per “Avoca” to Galle (2 Oct); “Candia” (4 Oct) to Suez (20 Oct); overland to Alexandria. Adriatic & Oriental Line: “Cairo” (23 Oct) to Brindisi; by rail from Brindisi (26 Oct) to London 31 Oct 1870 (51 days)
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