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  • Lot# : 1236 Palestine

    1897: Stampless Official cover from Ramlew to Jaffa struck with exceptional strikes of circular all arabic RAMLEH circular negative handstamp in blue (Coles & Walker fig. 165 = 25 pts), rectangular 'Official correspondence' handstamp in blue and sender's court seal in violet. Reverse of slightly trimmed envelope with further strike of sender's seal and annotated 1897 in manuscript. A remarkable and extremely rare cover, just four strikes of the RAMLEH handstamp are recorded.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,300 CHF