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  • Lot# : 5118 Egypt Kingdom

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    20 pa. blue overlapped by 10 pa. brown, used on southbound entire letter from Cairo to Assiut, cancelled by POSTE VICE-REALI EGIZIANE / CAIRO datestamp in black. Whilst the single rate was normally 1 piastre between any of the 16 or so Vice-Royal Post Offices open in Egypt at the time, mail to towns on the Nile in Upper Egypt was charged according to distance in weight stages of 1 dirhem = approximately 3 grams, and was conveyed by the Mohammed Ali State Courier Post.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 3,800 CHF