Lot 50147 – 1855 (Nov 10) Entire from Private R. Robertson in

1855 (Nov 10) Entire from Private R. Robertson in Hobart (from the same correspondence as the earliest usage of the 1d Courier featured earlier in the auction), sent to Scotland with 1855 1d carmine tied by « 68 » numeral, paying the Soldier’s Concession rate, with despatch and UK accountancy hs adjacent, reverse with Australian Packet and Blairgowrie arrival cds, fine and very rare One of only two known examples of the Soldier’s Concession rate with a 1855 1d franking Expertise: Cert. RPS (1989) Provenance: Featured in « Philatelist » April 1983 (photocopy incl.); Robson Lowe auction May 1983 lot 139 realised £3’400; David Feldman auction Nov 1987 lot 20886 realised CHF8’500