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Lot# 2507 - Auction 309-320

  • Lot# : 2507 Italy

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    1875 (May 8): Registered large-sized envelope from Roma to Paris, bearing 1866 Torino printing 10 c. yellow-ochre and 40 c. rose-carmine (8 single examples) in mixed franking with 1867 (April) Torino printing 20 c. blue (8 single examples), tied by fair '206' numeral obliterator, matching ROMA despatch cds and framed RACCOMANDATO handstamp in black alongside. Front struck in addition by indistinct French MODANE entry cds and framed "R" handstamp, both in blue. Reverse with Italian "TORINO - MODANE" ambulant and arrival cds (May 11) cds's. Cover with imperfections as to be expected for an item of that sheer size, roughly opened and shortened at top, an astonishing mass franking to pay the postage of eleven times the 40 c. rate to France plus 50 c. registration fee. Cert. E. Diena (1990).
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 300 CHF