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  • Lot# : 1429 Papal state

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    Greece 1852: 5 b. black on rose, shaved at left and 8 b. black on white (2), tied by grill handstamps to 1866 entire letter to Athens with CIVITAVECCHIA cds alongside, charged 20 lepta for internal delivery on arrival paid with touched 20 l. blue Large Hermes, cancelled by Athenes cds (March 3, 1866) with arrival cds on reverse. An attractive and scarce mixed franking. From 1 November 1858 the letter rate for Austrian Lloyd services to the Greek seaport was 21 bajocchi, the addressee had to pay in this case 20 lepta for the residual journey from the port. Signed Holcombe, cert. RPS (2003).
    Starting bid : 600 CHF
    Hammer price : 750 CHF