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Lot# 2179 - Auction 309-320

  • Lot# : 2179 France

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    1870: Entire local letter within Lyon, bearing Bordeaux 4 c. grey report 2, a splendid example with large margins, extremely fresh, in mixed franking with Napoléon laureated 1 c. olive and 10 c. bistre type II, tied by crisp LYON despatch cds (Sept 12, 1871). Reverse another LYON strike of the next day. Horizontal and vertical file folds well away from the immaculate franking, an exceptional and appealing combination to pay the new 15 centimes local rate introduced at the beginning of that month, in addition a rare use of the datestamp to cancel the adhesives. Ex collection Provera, cert. von der Weid (1998).rnNote: Like for the new 25 centimes office to office rate, also for the new 15 centimes local rate, new adhesives of the Cérès design had been issued on September 1st, 1871. These new adhesives were, however, not always available and led to these wonderful September covers, in the present case a rare local one from a large office where the new Cérès adhesives should have been available.rnProvenance: Collection Caspary, Hamers NY  (Nov 1957), lot 1107; Collection Mont Blanc, Corinphila sale 104 (Sept 1998), lot 7796.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 320 CHF