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A LETTER FROM HOBART CARRIED ON THE IRON STEAM-SHIP "SIMLA"
1857 (May) envelope to Scotland, endorsed "per "Simla" overland mail" with 2 x 4d Van Diemens Land imperforate stamps paying double the standard letter rate, with a fine Liverpool "tombstone" arrival datestamp in red.
The "Simla" had been launched in 1854 at the shipyard of Tod & McGregor, Glasgow, for the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Co.
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