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Lot# 3996 - Auction 274-283

  • Lot# : 3996 Russia

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    Catalogue# : 22x
    1866/75: Arms 20 k. blue & orange on horizontally laid paper, a used example on 1874 entire letter to Piraeus, Greece tied by "Taganrog" despatch cds (Jan 22) in black. Odessa transit cds on obverse and taxed on arrival with Greece 1872 5 l. green, minutely shaved at base overlapped on vertical pair of 20 l. deep blue with large margins all round and showing adjoining stamps at left, small indentation on one, tied by Piraeus '2' numeral in black. A rare and appealing combination in above average quality (Mi. 39+41).
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 550 CHF