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Lot# 448 - Auction 234-243

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    1867: 5 pi. brown (Type IV), 2 pi. blue (three examples, a single (Type I) and a Type III-IV pair) and a single 1 pi. red (Type I), all used on 1869 front and part back of cover, also addressed in Armenian, mailed from Alexandria to Constantinople, tied by 'Poste Vice-Reali Egiziane / Alessandria' datestamps (May 30) in black. The second 2 pi. adhesive with some small imperfections at top, the huge franking representing a 120 gram rate at the 1 piastre 'Port-to-Port' fee or an 'honorific' franking. A spectacular cover. Cert. RPSL (2019).rnrnProvenance: Collection Maurice Burrus, RL, London, 30 Nov 1962, lot 1681; Collection Colonel J.R. Danson, RL, Geneva, 28 April  1977, lot 127.
    Starting bid : 2,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 6,000 CHF