Lot# 1969 - Auction 244-249
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Lot# : 1969 Egypt Kingdom
Sample Mail 1897: Registered cloth envelope headed "Sample - No Value" at top, addressed to Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, franked on reverse with 1881/1902 1 pi. blue and 1888 5 m. carmine tied by Cairo cds. Front with registration cachet and 'Registered / London' oval transit; also a 1906 cloth envelope headed "Echantillon sans valeur" with manuscript "trois sponges" franked by two 2 m. green mailed from Alexandria to Haifa. Scarce pair.Starting bid : 100 CHFHammer price : 130 CHF