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Lot# 965 - Auction 291-297

  • Lot# : 965 Austrian Levant

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    Catalogue# : 3/I + Greece 41
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    Cyprus 1874 (May 19): Cover from Larnaca to Piraeus, franked with pair 1867 Coarse whiskers 5 s. red, tied by "LARNACA DI CIPRO 19 / 5" cds (Tranmer fig. 3) in black. Reverse with "LLOYD SMIRNE 22 / 3" transit and PIRAEUS arrival (March 13, julian) cds's. Upon arrival, the cover was charged for inland postage with '20' lepta in red crayon and a marginal Large Hermes Head definitive 20 lepta blue (cut in at right, tear) was applied and tied by indistinct '2' numeral of Piraeus. File folds well away from the adhesives, in spite of the defective Greek stamp a desirable combination cover from this rare office, cert. Goller (2022). Provenance: Spink, London, Dec. 2008, lot 683.
    Starting bid : 500.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 500.00 CHF