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  • Lot# : 733 Ethiopia

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    1883 (Oct 16): Cover and original contents mailed back to Cento, Italy from the ill-fated Expedition to the source of the White Nile (all the members of the Expedition were assassinated in October 1884), franked by 1879 20 pa. blue with a further stamp missing, tied by "MASSAWAH" cds in black with repeated strike at lower left. The contents were written on June 15, 1883 at Samara (now Debra Tabor) and the envelope bears two chisel slits for disinfection, Suez transit cds (Oct 27) and Cento arrival cds. Just six covers (two were posted in Hodeida, Yemen) are recorded from this Expedition.  
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 850 CHF