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Lot# 71 - Auction 291-297

  • Lot# : 71 Ceylon

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    1857/59: 9 d. purple-brown, a used example with large margins all round, used on 1859 cover to Exeter endorsed "via Marseilles", in combination with 1 d. blue on blued paper in a horizontal strip of three, margins large to touched applied on reverse and all cancelled by barred obliterator in black. "COLOMBO / POST PAID" in red (June 25) despatch cds in red and double arc Exeter arrival alongside (Aug. 1). Readdressed three weeks later to St. Helens, Lancashire with Exeter cds (Aug. 18), Liverpool cds tying the strip in blue (Aug. 20) and St. Helens arrival of the same day. The front and back of the envelope separared and rejoined, torn and reinforced internally and the 1 d. strip lifted and replaced. Nevertheless a most unusual and very rare franking with a superb 9 d. adhesive on letter. Cert. BPA (2022).
    Starting bid : 750.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 800.00 CHF