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Lot# 6226 - Auction 257-264

  • Lot# : 6226 Turkey

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    Turkish Admiralty Steamship Co 1858: Admiralty adhesive (-) in pale claret shade, imperforate with large margins all round but with slight crease, a used example endorsed "4.50" (piastres = 5 pi. 10 pa. but more probably 4½ piastres) in pencil manuscript alongside the 'Po. Pe.' (Porto Piastre) in the central vignette, on piece with sender's cachet in green above. Rare. Cert. RPSL (1988).rnProvenance: Collection Otto Hornung.rn 
    Starting bid : 350 CHF
    Hammer price : 600 CHF