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NEW CALEDONIA - INGOING MAIL FROM THE REST OF THE WORLD, 1870-1944 - SWITZERLAND - RARE UPRATED POSTAL STATIONERY COVER AT 50c RATE TO A (DEAD) CONVICT; 18 Aug. 1879 usage of the 25c Green Postal Stationery env. (light horiz. creasing near top) uprated with Sitting Helvetia 25c Green tied by mainly fine 2-ring "ST. ORSANNE" cds to a Convict ("Justin Bourguard") in Noumea with Brindisi & Sydney (9 Oct.) backstamps, but address crossed through and endorsed "Voir au dos" (see reverse) on the front because the Convict to whom the letter is addressed had died in May 1876 ("Decede 15 Mai 1876" signed by the Prison Quartermaster). Rare thus. Exhibition Item. 

Werdegang 
* Tony Eastgate New Caledonia & Fiji

Auktion 
* Cavendish, London, 20 April 2017 Ausruf: £280 Erwartet 400.-  Realised: £1600