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Catalogue 267: BRITISH POST OFFICES ABROAD - The DUBOIS collection (part II)
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    Mail Boat Obliterations / Abyssinian Campaign 1867 (Dec): India 1866 4 a. green, Die I, in a horizontal pair tied to 1867 cover to Avranches, France endorsed 'via Marseilles' cancelled by sender's initials and by bold strike of P & O Mailboat "C79" obliterator and by part oval 'PD' applied with 'London / Paid' cds in red (Dec 2?). Carried by the 'S.S. Mongolia' with British P.O. SUEZ transit cds in blue (Dec 16). Reverse with Paris transit and Avranches arrival cds (Dec 29). One of very few covers known prior to the setting up of the Field Post Office in June 1868. Superb quality and most attractive.rnNote: Mailed from Lieut. C.B. Smith of the Madras Infantry, attached to the first wave of 1'500 troops landed at Annersley Bay, Gulf of Zula for the Campaign, he had arrived on the 'Star of India' in Annersley Bay on Dec 5, 1867. For further information on this Campaign and the known covers, see Roberto Sciaky's article in the London Philatelist, June 2003.rnProvenance: 'Mailboat Covers & Cancellations', Spink, 7 March 2007, lot 1112.
    Starting bid : 2,000.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 7,000.00 CHF
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