Lot# 7178 - Auction 274-283
Auction 274-283
-> France: Part or Insufficiently Paid Incoming Mail – The Jack Blanc Collection
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Lot# : 7178 Tunisia
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French P.O. in Tunesia 1893 (Feb 13): Large sized cover of the 10th weight rate from Givors to Tunis, forwarded to Lyon, bearing Sage 20 c. brique, 4 c. lilac-brown and 1 c. black on azure (Yv 83+88+96), tied by light GIVORS despatch cds. Taxed in Tunis with 1888 25 c. black on rose in a strip of three and 1 fr. green-olive in a horizontal pair (Yv TT 5+20), tied by pen strokes. In Lyon, the letter was taxed again with type Duval 50 c. black in a horizontal strip of three, 15 c. black and 10 c. black (Yv TT 20+16+15), this was miscalculated. Some edge wear as to be a expected from a cover of that size, nevertheless an impressive mixed usage of timbres taxe from Tunesia and France.Starting bid : 400 CHFHammer price : 480 CHF -
