Auction No. 10 Saturday, 8 October 2011 / 5:00 pm start
1880 cover addressed to Miss G.D. Bussell, ...
Estimate $1,500
Realised: $2,550 plus premium
Category: Australia > States and Territories > Western Australia
Lot Details
1880 cover addressed to Miss G.D. Bussell, Wallcliffe, Vasse, bearing 2d yellow swan tied by 12-bar "19" obliterator & with previously unseen (according to P.M.I.) "PRESTON WESTERN AUSTRALIA SP 11 1880 complete cds type 1. Flap is damaged where seal has been removed but good frontal appearance. (Preston, 32km SE of Bunbury, with P.O. opened in 1877, expanded to Post & Telegraph Office in 1892 & renamed DONNYBROOK in 1898) (see inside back cover)
