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Lot# 567 - Auction 291-297

  • Lot# : 567 French India

    Chandernagor 1872/77: Cérès 10 c. brown on rose, a horizontal pair just touched at base otherwise fine, used with Dubois 1881 5 c. green on greenish, tied to 1881 cover to Bordeaux endorsed "Via Bombay & Brindisi", by "INDE / CHANDERNAGOR" cds's with information strike below (Aug 8) in blue. Carried on the P&O steamer "Thibet" from Bombay to Suez and the "Rohilla" to Alexandria. Signed Calves, Jamet, Georges Lamy.
    Starting bid : 200.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 240.00 CHF