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INWARDS MAIL: 1852 (Nov) entire multi-part letter from Ulster to "Melbourne/Victoria/Australia Felix - or Port Phillip" (!), light 'OMAGH/NO15/1852' cds, London 'SHIP-LETTER/[crown]/NO17/1852/=LONDON=' cds, Tombstone 'PAID' d/s & rated "8d" all in red, fair oval 'SHIP LETTER/[crown]/AP*3/1853/MELBOURNE' arival b/s in red. ["Australia Felix" was a name given by the explorer Sir Thomas Mitchell to areas of Western Victoria. It was sometimes used to signify the whole of the Port Phillip District]