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Lot# 5712 - Auction 250-256

  • Lot# : 5712 Egypt Kingdom

    1866 (July 27): Combination cover from Triest to Canton, China: Austria Arms 1864 issue 2 kr. yellow, 5 kr. rose-red and two singles and a vertical pair of 15 kr. brown, perf. 9½, (Michel 30+32+34) all tied by oval framed "Triest" datestamps (27/7) in black, to cover endorsed 'per Overland Mail', additionally franked for onward transmission with Great Britain 1865 1 s. green pl. 4 cancelled by "BO1" obliterator, unusually the stamp being applied over the sender's cachet and not the Austrian adhesives. Slight patch in wrapper on ALEXANDRIA cds (Aug 3) and the reverse with HONG KONG transit cds (Sept 3) in black. File fold at left touches one 15 kreuzer but a rare and most appealing cover.rnProvenance: Collection Dr. William Byam, RL, London, 24-25 Oct 1961, lot 55; Collection Grant Glassco, RL, London, 25-27 Nov 1969, lot 1281; Collection André Bollen, exhibited at PhilexFrance, Paris, 1989.
    Starting bid : 8,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 18,000 CHF