Lot 50152 – Mixed Issue Franking with the 4d wmk Large Star an

Mixed Issue Franking with the 4d wmk Large Star and 4d wmk double lined « 4 » 1858 (Jan 9) Entire from Launceston to Scotland with 1855 4d pair and single (2 shades), and 1857-69 4d strip of three, mixed margins, tied by « 60 » numerals, endorsed « via Marseilles » paying double the Ship Letter rate (1s) and quadruple the French overland transit rate, carried from Melbourne by SS « Columbian », by « Teviot » from Alexandria to Malta and « Wye » on to Marseille, despatch ds adjacent and Greenock arrival cds, some stamp faults, a very rare if not unique franking