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  • Lot# : 1688 Poland

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    10 kop. pale greenish blue & light rose, used on 1864 cover to Moscow beautifully cancelled by WARSZAWA thimble datestamp (see Bojanowicz page 117) in red (8/1) with further information strike at right. Reverse with 'St. Petersburg-Warsaw Railway Wagon No. 4' datestamp in black (code 43, dated 27/12, julian), St. Petersburg cds (29/12) and Moscow arrival cds (30/12) in black. A wonderful and exotic cover for the specialist, in this describer's opinion one of the finest known and most attractive of the issue. Signed Bojanowicz. Cert. Mikulski (1999).

    Provenance: Collection 'Bojanowicz', Corinphila sale 112 (May 1999), lot 3575.
    Starting bid : 2,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 18,000 CHF