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  • Lot# : 5243 Egypt Kingdom

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    Bulâq 20 pa. grey-blue and 2½ pi. violet used on 1878 double rate registered cover to Cairo cancelled by POSTE EGIZIANE / MANSURA datestamps (March 3) in black. Framed RACCOMANDATO at right and reverse with same day Cairo arrival cds. An unusual combination and rate: the cover is marked '12' grams at top in manuscript, however this would mean the registration fee would have been only 1 piastre: it appears that the accepted date of the rate change (April 1, 1878) may have been acknowledged by the Postal authorities slightly earlier.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,100 CHF