Auction 333-341 Australian States & Commonwealth of Australia and New Zealand – The ‚KOOYONG‘ Collection - Day 2

Late Mail 1854 (April 1): Entire letter from London headed "Consignee" and "per Dorothy" to Port Louis, Mauritius; the letter travelling with goods (in this instance 500 Hams) to the island and thus the entire carried free of charges; struck on arrival with "♚ / MAURITIUS / GPO" datestamp (July 24) in black and straight line "Late Received" in black (Proud I7) - the earliest recorded usage by four months. Rare thus.