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    Catalogue# : 200+202+204
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    1919/21: Incomplete 1921 cover carried by the Royal Hellenic Air Force, based at Smyrna, with Greece 50 l. grey-lilac (2), 1 d. ultramarine and 3 d. red all tied by AIRFORCE BASE / SMYRNA framed cachet struck in blue and by two strikes of the Greek Occupation Force circular cachet struck in red brown. Repeated strike of Airforce cachet in blue below and on reverse. Athens cds of arrival (Dec 20) in black. A great rarity, believed unique in private hands - the only other example being housed in the British Library collections in London. Ex collection Bill Robertson.

    Note: The Greek Army occupied Smyrna and Western Anatolia from May 1919, after the Treaty of Versailles allocated a large part of Western Anatolia to Greece.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,000 CHF