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  • Lot# : 1776 Turkey

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    1868: Cover from Smyrna to Milliadhi Brothers in Chios, attributed to the Egypt Shipping Co. / Azizie Line of steamers, struck with private bilingual cachet FRANCO in greenish ink. File folds away from the handstamp but extremely scarce. For a further example of this handstamp see the late Cengiz Arsman collection (DF, May 2005), lot 20353 also from this correspondence. Extremely rare.
    Starting bid : 1,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 3,800 CHF