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  • Lot# : 6251 Greece

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    Catalogue# : 18a+19a+20a+21a
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    Outgoing to Austria, mail carried on Austrian Lloyd 1865 (Dec 5): Entire letter from Patras to Trieste franked at 75 lepta rate (including 20 lepta internal) with 1865 Consecutive Athens printing 5 l. yellow-green, 10 l. orange on blue, 20 l. blue and 40 l. mauve on blue, all tied by dotted '9' numeral of Patras, with PATRAI despatch cds and PED handstamp in red alongside. Reverse with oval TRIEST arrival (Dec 22, gregorian) cds and manuscript '15/3' in red crayon (15 kr. ship fee & 3 kr. Trieste local fee = 55 lepta). Lightest horizontal file fold just mentioned for accuracy but a most attractive four-colour franking. Cert. E. Diena (1987) Hellas 17+18+19+20.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 850 CHF