Lot 662 Via Dutch Airmail to Australia, returned to sender in England: 1919, King George V ?Seahorse?, Bradbury, Wilkinson printing series III, 2s6d pale brown plus 1924 3d violet

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Via Dutch Airmail to Australia, returned to sender in England: 1919, King George V ?Seahorse?, Bradbury, Wilkinson printing series III, 2s6d pale brown plus 1924 3d violet ,tied by ?CAMBRIDGE ST/PIMLICO W.1/28 AP 31? c.d.s. to registered envelope bearing blue ?BY AIR MAIL/PAR AVION? and ?R/LONDON S.W.26? registry label, endorsed ?Via Holland-Dutch East Indies AIR MAIL?, diamond-shaped pictorial ?ABEL TASMAN/BATAVIA CENTRUM/9 (?) MEI 1931? cachet, address crossed out with various pencilled redirections (?Try??) and red ink London return, ?UNCLAIMED/BRISBANE/17 JE 31? CDS, boxed ?D.L.O. RECORD No?? h/s and 5-line boxed violet ?Undelivered for reason stated?? h/s, on reverse a handwritten return address label giving airmail rates for various stops on the England-India direct airmail route and a total of THIRTEEN c.d.s.s’ tracing this cover?s journey incl. transit of Batavia and perambulations around Queensland, Australia, in search of its recipient. Ex-Klempka, annotated album page accompanies (SG 415a, 423 ) Est. Cash Val. $600 – 800