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Lot# 30403 - Auction 309-320

  • Lot# : 30403 Victoria

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    1880/84: Naish 2 d. mauve and 4 d. rose-carmine, used eexample on underpaid 1883 cover to Naples tied by Melbourne duplex (May 9) and struck with triangular "T" marking in black. The cover was carried by the P&O "Carthage" to Colombo, the "Clyde" to Suez and thence from Alexandria by the "Tanjore" to Brindisi. Due to the Cholera epidemic in Egypt delioveries of Mail were refused and the "Tanjore" was directed for fumigation to Poveglia for disinfection near Venice. The mails were then transmitted via Malta (July 5) where slitted and struck with "PURIFIE AU LAZARET / MALTE" to Naples. Underpaid 1d. and taxed on arrival with Italy 1870 Postage Due 10 c. (2) tied in black (July 8). A most unusual cover.rnrnProvenance: Cavendish, Derby, 11 June 1994, lot 41.rn                     Cavendish, Derby, 24 Spet 2004, lot 1077.rn                     "Pratique" Disinfected Mail Study Circle, Vol. 30, No. 1 of 2005.rn                     Collection Trevor Davis.
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,200 CHF