AUSTRALIA 1953 CORONATION FIRST DAY COVER, MELBOURNE
7½d and 2s Coronation stamps plus 1½d Queen Mother on Fidelity Stamp Company cover with GPO MELBOURNE, CI circular cancel dated 25 MY 53, the first day of issue. Very scarce. Previously unrecorded usage. Generally fine. SG264-266; SC259-261
Note: general purpose cachet produced from 1947 for the USA and for Canada to a lesser extent. Numerous one or two-colour variations exist, but usage is very limited after 1951 when Fidelity stopped making cachets and almost unknown outside North America
