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  • Lot# : 5059 Greece

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    Catalogue# : 17+19b+21+22
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    Mail carried on Italian Paquebots via Brindisi 1865: Cover from Piraeus to Marseille franked at 132 lepta (including 20 lepta internal), with 1862/67 2 l. brown on cream, 10 l. orange on blue, 40 l. mauve on blue and 80 l. carmine tied by dotted '2' numeral handstamps in black with 'Piraeus' cds (Oct 30) alongside. The cover endorsed 'via Brindisi' in a different hand and struck with framed PIROSCAFI / POSTALI / ITALIANI in black and circular 'Italie / Amb. Lyon Mars.' cds (Nov 20, gregorian). Some imperfections incl. minor creasing but a scarce four colour franking. Illustrated in 'Les Tarifs Helléniques' on page 89. Signed G. Lamy.
    Starting bid : 350 CHF
    Hammer price : 600 CHF