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Lot# 1366 - Auction 257-264

  • Lot# : 1366 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : 29+21
    1877 (Jan): Registered cover from Retmo/Rethymo to Constantinople bearing on front pair Dulos 1876 20 pa. green, tied by clear strikes of all-Arabic octogonal handstamp in bluish black (Coles & Walker fig. 12), registration handstamp in the same colour alongside. Reverse with another Dulos 1 pi. yellow (City Post) added to pay for distribution within the city, torn during opening, tied by corresponding handstamp in blue and oval bilingual (Dec 28) arrival datestamp, bilingual Stamboul arrival cds (Jan 5) alongside.rnProvenance: 'The Imperial collection', Köhler sale 361, Sept 2015, lot 492.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 950 CHF