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Lot# 1598 - 210-212 Auction

  • Lot# : 1598 Collections/lots Europe

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    Red Cross 1870/1945: Album with a bunch of early documents, covers and cards, including 1878 handwritten headed lettersheet 'COMITE CENTRAL du CROISSANT ROUGE GENÈVE" with Red Crescent dated 'Constantinople, le 25 Janvier 1878' to the President of the Ottoman committee, further two handwritten letters from the Hungarian (1888/1892) and three from the Austrian committee (1881/82), various early documents from diff. French committees as Tours (1870) and Strassbourg (1870) as well as Italian Red Cross with many P.O.W. mail showing many interesting and different cancellations and censor marks with some WW II airmail usages to India noted. An interesting offer for the historian.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 850 CHF