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  • Lot# : 1503 Sicily

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    1/2 gr. dark orange, 1st plate on Naples paper, four examples from positions 26, 10, 8 and 3, all with large margins and tied ideally by framed handstamp to cover with Messina dispatch (Jan 27, 1859) and Palermo arrival mark (Jan 29) on front. An attractive, rare cover from the first month of use. Certificate Enzo Diena (1988) Sassone = EUR 88'000.
    Provenance: Collection Alphonse Rothschild
    1/2 gr. arancio scuro, I tavola, carta di Napoli, quattro esemplari delle pos. 26, 10, 8, 3 su lettera da Messina, 27.1.1859, a Palermo, tutti ben marginati ed annullati in modo ideale col timbro a ferro di cavallo, di ottima qualità. Una rara lettera del primo mese d'uso. Certificato Enzo Diena (1988) Sassone = EUR 88'000.
    Provenienza: Collezione Alphonse Rothschild
    Starting bid : 10,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 10,000 CHF