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    1849: Printed Circular cover to Naples endorsed 'via Marseilles' with 'Leo Levi's Circular Newspaper / One Penny' handstamp at top in red, franked by 1841 1 d. red-brown horizontal pair, with Liverpool despatch cds (Sept 4) in black on reverse. The cover did not travel as endorsed but was mailed via Paris through Huningue with VIA DI / UNINGA handstamp in red on front (Van der Linden fig. 2939) applied in red in Milan, thence via Bologna where disinfected with slits which touch the adhesives. Naples arrival cds on reverse (Sept 17) also struck with oval AGDP control handstamp and charged '23' grana upon receipt. A rare and most unusual cover, believed to be the sole recorded example of a prepaid Printed Matter rate cover from Great Britain to the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies prior to the 1855 Franco-Bourbon Postal Convention.
    Starting bid : 800 CHF
    Hammer price : 800 CHF