Lot 212
1866 (Jan. 3) Washington, D.C. to Sydney, New South Wales, c.d.s. with matching quartered cork lightly tying 90¢ blue (72) on Hogan correspondence cover, endorsed "per Steamer via London & Marseilles", red "N.York Br. Pkt. Paid" and "London Paid 22 JA 66" transit datestamps, magenta "80" credit, "Sydney Ship Letter 1866 MR 20" backstamp, light vertical file fold away from stamp, scuff on reverse; Very Fine usage, 90¢ British mail rate via Marseilles for letters weighing over ¾ ounce but not over 1 ounce.
CHOICE SINGLE FRANKING TO NEW SOUTH WALES.
Expertization: 1998 P.S.E. Certificate.
Provenance: 'Sevenoaks'
One of only five 90¢ 1861 covers to New South Wales, all of which are from the Hogan correspondence
Literature:
Census listing No. 48 from the Herzog and Starnes census, 'Cover Usages of the 90¢ 1861 and 1868 Issues', The Chronicle, No. 140, Vol. 40 No. 4, pp. 260-265.
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