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Lot# 1348 - Auction 234-243

  • Lot# : 1348 Papal state

    1852: 2 b. black on green, 4 b. black on yellow (2), and 6 b. black on green (2), tied by grill handstamps to 1859 entire letter to Palma de Mallorca, Balearic Islands with straight line LORETO, framed "P.P.", French entry “E.-PONT. PONT-DE-B.” (March 22) cds, both in red. Spanish postage due "4 Rs." handstamp alongside, Marseille, Lyon, Cette-Toulouse, Perpignan and La Junquera transit cds's on reverse. A scarce and fine cover. In the Franco-Papal Postal Convention of 1 October 1853 a rate of 22 b. was fixed up to the Franco-Spanish border, the addressee had to pay 4 reales for internal postage. 
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold