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Lot# 7513 - Auction 309-320

  • Lot# : 7513 France

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    1862/70: Napoléon III, 80 cts. carmine rose, and two 10 cts. bistre, used on a reduced cover, from THESSALONIKI (Greece) to CADIZ (Spain), tied by the '5095' lozenge of the French Post Office in Levant and a red rectangular 'PAQUEBOTS/DE LA/MEDITERRANEE', with very fine SALONIQUE TURQUIE datestamp in black (25 Aug 1868) from the French Consulate Service, manuscript 'Affranchie', black 'P.P.', a commercial cachet of 'John Nelson Abbott / Salonica' in blue and on arrival in Spain a '4.R.' charge mark applied to front, Marseille (2 Sept 1868) and Perpignan (3 Sept 1868) transit marks in black to reverse, as well as an indistinguishable Cadiz datestamp, extraordinarily rare cover, the only known letter from Greece to Spain with French franking.
    Starting bid : 2,800 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold