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Ionian Islands

Catalogue 267: BRITISH POST OFFICES ABROAD - The DUBOIS collection (part II)
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    1846 (Aug 22): Prepaid entire letter from Cephalonia to Piraeus struck with superb strike of "♚ / PAID / AT / CEPHALONIA" in black with manuscript rate 'd5' alongside in red, well struck hooded CEFALONIA datestamp in black (Aug 22g) and oval framed 'By Sea' markings on front; reverse with Patras, Athens and Pireaus datestamps (Aug 14j) in blue or black. Charming and extremely rare so fine Gi = £ 1'800.rnProvenance: Collection Grant Glassco, RL, London, 25-27 Nov 1969, lot 1216.rnrn 
    Starting bid : 500.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 950.00 CHF

    Lot# : 4278 Ionian Islands

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    1845 (Dec 10): Small cover prepaid to the Hon. Charles Stuart at the Palace, Malta struck with "♚ / PAID / AT / CORFU" in black with manuscript '5d.' rate and 'Corfu' double arc cds at right. Docketing of receipt at right 'Rec'd 14 Dec at 10.45'. A charming usage Gi = £ 650.
    Starting bid : 250.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 800.00 CHF

    Lot# : 4279 Ionian Islands

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    1863 (Oct): Great Britain 1855/57 1 d. red, perf. 14, tied to British Soldier's concessionary cover from Corfu to London by circular 'Corfu' cds in blue-green, endorsed at top "From No. 534 Pte. David James, d Company 2/4 Regt." at top and properly counter-signed by the Major "Commanding 2/4 Regt., Corfu, Ionian Islands" at base of cover (2nd Batallion, 4th Infantry), struck on face panel with 'London / Paid' arrival cds (Oct 9) in red. Typical aging to envelope and the adhesive but extremely rare - we record just three examples of this usage.rnNote: Parmenter & Gordon illustrate the famous cover with a 1 d. red star cancelled at by the Zante Crown Circle (ex Yates (1940), SG (1978) and Dr. Kornan, a further example was in Glassco, lot 1219 addressed to Ledbury, Herefordshire; the above being the third example.
    Starting bid : 1,250.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,250.00 CHF

    Lot# : 4280 Ionian Islands

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    1845: Entire letter from Zante to Cefalonia prepaid 'd1' in manuscript struck with very fine "♚ / PAID / AT / ZANTE" in black with hooded datestamps of both Zante and Cefalonia poorly struck on obverse. A superb genuine strike of this scarce marking Gi = £ 1'400.rnProvenance: Collection Grant Glassco, RL, London, 25-27 Nov 1969, lot 1214.rnNote: The SG footnote, repeated from Robson Lowe's Encyclopaedia is correct, the 'Paid at Zante' Crowned Circle can be found struck in black creating forged covers. The example offered above we are confident is genuine, however Parmenter & Gordon whilst omitting this information from their opus do, inadvertently but helpfully, illustrate a forged impression of this handstamp on page 1/67 which was ex E.E. Yates and 'Beaver Creek' and shows no pre-payment and is without definition in the Crown.rnrn 
    Starting bid : 500.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 500.00 CHF
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