Auction 321 - 332 Australian States & Commonwealth of Australia, New South Wales, St. Helena, Basutoland The ‘BESANÇON’ Collection - Day 2

1897: 2 m. green, 3 m. orange-yellow and 5 m. carmine in a horizontal pair, used on 5 m. postal stationery envelope mailed at double rate cover to Ireland tied by "TRAVELLING POST OFFICE" bilingual cds's (Stagg fig. 221) in black, readdressed at single rate on arrival to Neuchâtel, Switzerland with Great Britain ½ d. vermilion and pair if 1 d. lilac tied by "Knocklong / 479" duplex (March 16, 1898) in black. Taxed on arrival with Swiss Postage Due 50 c. tied by "Bole" cds (March 19). Faults to one or two adhesives but a remarkable anrnd colourful usage. Cert. Egypt Study Circle (1972).