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Lot# 536 - Auction 222-226

  • Lot# : 536 Greece

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    Catalogue# : 18+19+21+22+29
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    1867/69: Covers/entire letters (3) with 1867 cover from French P.O. in Constantinople to Athens and taxed on arrival at 50 lepta with 10 l. deep orange on very blued paper and 40 l. dull mauve; 1868 entire from Marseille to Patras via Ligne U Paquebot sent unpaid and taxed with 10 l. orange and 80 l. carmine on arrival, third cover from Paris to Athens in May 1869, again taxed at 90 lepta with large "90" handstamp in black (Van der Linden fig. 3338) and franked by 5 l. green (2) and 40 l. mauve on blued (2) tied at Athens. A scarce group.
    Starting bid : 350 CHF
    Hammer price : 350 CHF