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Lot# 359 - Auction 227-233

  • Lot# : 359 Egypt Kingdom

    French Post Offices 1864/1875: Entire letters (3) from Alexandria with 1864 entire to Basel, Switzerland with France 1862 10 c. bistre, fault and 80 c. carmine tied by '5080' gros chiffres with 'Suez / Amb. Marseille' cds in red (cert. Von der Weid); 1872 fine cover to Dijon with laureated 40 c. orange and 80 c. carmine tied by '5080' with 'Pos. Angl. / Alexandrie' cds adjacent and thence via Brindisi and Modane; 1875 cover to Paris via Brindisi franked by Siège 40 c. orange (3) similarly cancelled; a generally very fine trio.
    Starting bid : 350 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold