Lot 2075 V

Sweden. Utlandsanknytning. South Australia. Unpaid cover sent from LYSEKIL 26.8.1885 to Port Augusta. Sent by the P&O ship link from Brindisi to Alexandria, by rail across Egypt to Suez, and by Orient Line "Austral" from Suez 4/9, via Aden 8/9 to Adelaide 29/9. Cancellations T, PKXP No 6227.8.1885, BRINDISI 31.8.85, SHIP MAIL ROOM ADELAIDE 29.SP.85, PORT AUGUSTA S.A. 30.SE.85 and 1/1 MORE TO PAY. The ONLY RECORDED unpaid mail to South Australia before UPU, as well as the ONLY RECORDED Swedish mail sent by the Orient Line to South Australia in the 19th century, according to Ferdén in which work the item is also depicted. Ex. Sören Andersson 1994.


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