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Lot# 1431 - Auction 250-256

  • Lot# : 1431 Greece

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    Catalogue# : 18+20+21+29
    Mail from Great Britain to Greece via Ostend 1868: Cover sent unpaid from Manchester to Patras, Greece, endorsed 'via Ostende & Trieste' struck with Manchester despatch cds (Sept 7), thence via Ostend and Aachen to Trieste with '35' blue kreuzer credit handstamp (van der Linden fig. 3187) and thence to Patras. Franked on arrival with 1862/67 5 l. green on greenish with fault, 20 l. blue and 40 l. dull mauve on blued with 1868 80 l. bright carmine, tied by 'Patras' datestamps (Sept 4, julian). Reverse with Aachen transit in blue, Triest oval and Kerkyra transit datestamps. '145' (lepta) in red crayon on front - rate of 145 lepta under Greek / Austrian Convention of 1867. Faults but an attractive and scarce four colour cover. Illustrated in 'Les Tarifs Helléniques' on page 144. Hellas 17+19+20+29.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 650 CHF