Lot 51587 – 1865 envelope from Kanieri (Goldfield in Westland county) with Chalon Head 2d pale blue cancelled with manuscript “K”

1865 (Sep 19) yellow-brown envelope from Kanieri (Goldfield in Westland county) to Tokomairiro, Otago, bearing Chalon Head 2d pale blue (plate I, worn) cancelled with large manuscript capital “K”, showing Christchurch (15.9) and arrival (19.9) datestamps, the latter tying the adhesive, and on reverse, Okitiki (8.9) and Dunedin (18.9) cds. Believed to be the only recorded cover with this Goldfield cancellation; cert. RPS (2006); ex John Woolfe, October 2006.