Lot# 949 - 177-180 Auction

Great Britain used in Cyprus: 1878, 1d. brown postal stationery wrapper, cancelled with barred numeral '942' LARNACA used from Cyprus to Cairo, Egypt with arrival marking POSTE EGIZIANE CAIRO 23 DIC 78 on reverse, of finest possible quality! Postal stationery from GB used in Cyprus is extremely rare. The W.T.F. Castle handbook of Cyprus (1987 edition) only lists the 2d blue Registered envelope plus Post Cards of three different denominations and states:"..other items may exist". To date only two One Penny brown Postal stationery wrappers are recorded used in Cyprus (including this one offered here which is a new find made by Corinphila experts in 2012), the other known 1d. wrapper was found in 1994 and when offered on a London auction it was decribed as "...the only recorded...". K.Louis BPP certificate (2012),  (Huggins/Baker WP12)