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A Letter From Hobart Carried On the Iron Steam-Ship 'Simla',…
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Melbourne
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30-May-2017
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A Letter From Hobart Carried On the Iron Steam-Ship 'Simla', 1857 (May) envelope to Scotland, endorsed 'per 'Simla' overland mail' with 2 x 4d Van Diemens Land imperforate stamps paying double the standard letter rate, with a fine Liverpool 'tombstone' arrival datestamp in red. The 'Simla' had been launched in 1854 at the shipyard of Tod & McGregor, Glasgow, for the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Co.
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Numismatics, Stamps & Scrip: Stamps