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Lot# 5148 - Auction 321-332

  • Lot# : 5148 Brit.Occup. Bagdad

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    Baghdad 1917: ¼ a. on 2 pa. claret, ¼ a. on 5 pa. dull purple, ½ a. on 10 pa. grey-green and ½ a. on 10 pa. carmine; all used on 1917 Lieut. Haye cover locally in Baghdad, all tied by two neat strikes of "ADVANCED BASE / M.E.F." datestamps (Nov 27) in black without backstamp. Illustrated in "Baghdad in British Occupation" by F. Khalastchy on page 219. A fine and rare cover. Signed Holcombe, Todd AIEP.rnProvenance: RL, Basel, 26 March 1981, lot 2724; Corinphila sale 74, March 1987, lot 4330; Köhler, Wiesbaden, 13 Feb 1988, lot 5205; Reference collection Peter Holcombe, Harmers, London, 28 Jan 1998, lot 1369.
    Starting bid : 1,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 10,000 CHF