Losnr. 5116 - 196.-201. Auktion
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Losnr. : 5116 Ägypten (Königreich)
20 pa. blue, perf. 12½, a fine example used on southbound cover from Cairo to Assiut, cancelled by POSTE VICE-REALI EGIZIANE / CAIRO datestamp in black. Whilst the single rate was normally 1 piastre between any of the 16 or so Vice-Royal Post Offices open in Egypt at the time, mail to towns on the Nile in Upper Egypt was charged according to distance in weight stages of 1 dirhem = approximately 3 grams, and was conveyed by the Mohammed Ali State Courier Post.Ausruf : 500 CHFZuschlag : 3.800 CHF