£2,600
RARE FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR PERIOD COVER; 10 Sep. 1870 env. 'per Avoca/via Marseilles' to London franked 10d Laureate tied by Melbourne duplex datestamps (unusual thus) with fine strike of the framed "INSUFFICIENTLY PAID/FOR BRINDISI ROUTE/DEFICIENT POSTAGE d3" of which eight examples on mail from Victoria recorded by Palmer (2009) at page 2. Rare and famous marking of the period. Cross Reference: MILITARY - SERVICE SUSPENDED, POSTAGE DUE STAMPS & COVERS
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