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Lot# 1338 - Auction 257-264

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    Crete 1872 (June 4): Entire letter from the Monastery at Piskokephalo (Piskokefal) to the Mayor's Office in Neochorion (Lassithi), struck with all arabic double framed ocagonal "Piskokephalo" handstamp of despatch in dull green ink (Coles & Walker fig. 11). Just six stampless covers recorded, all from the same correspondence. An exceptional entire of great rarity.rnProvenance: Corinphila sale 141, May 2004, lot 2355; Collection Gunter Rhensius, Karamitsos, May 2010, lot 1696.
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,200 CHF