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Lot# 3195 - Auction 291-297

  • Lot# : 3195 French Levant

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    French Shipmail from the Levant 1872 (Dec 15): Cover from Constantinople to Marseille, bearing Cérès 80 c. rose, a fresh adhesive (few nibbed perfs), tied by Anchor lozenge in blue, octogonal "CONSTANTINOPLE PAQ FR. U No 4" despatch datestamp (Salles fig. 883) and framed PD, both in blue as well as light framed "PAQUEBOTS DE LA MEDITERANÉE" in red alongside. Reverse struck with arrival cds (Dec 26). Cover shortened at right, nevertheless a most appealing Shipmail usage, the franking paying correctly the new rate of 80 c. from the Levant, increased in July 1871.
    Starting bid : 100.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 220.00 CHF