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Lot# 5512 - 196-201 Auction

  • Lot# : 5512 Egypt Kingdom

    1884 (Feb 23): Much readdressed cover to a Royal Irish Fusilier, originally mailed from London to Aldershot franked by GB 1 d. lilac (Gi. 172), thence to Rawalpindi and Lahore, India (April 10), returned via Aden (June 17) back to Cairo where 1884 Postage Due 10 pa. and 20 pa. red applied and tied (July 10). The Dues annulled by 'T' marking in black and the cover again forwarded to Suakin with faint cds on reverse and then returned back to Portsmouth. Remarkable and rare.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 950 CHF