Lot 20008 – GREEK AND AUSTRIAN COMBINATION COVER WITH RARE AUS

GREEK AND AUSTRIAN COMBINATION COVER WITH RARE AUSTRIAN PORT SAID THIMBLE CDS 1870 (Jun 12) Cover from Port Said to Syros, Greece, with Austrian Levant 1867 10s blue (perf. faults) tied by the extremely rare “PORT SAID / EGYPTEN” thimble cds, with ms “20” on arrival and further franked with a Greek 20c blue Large Hermes Head, some soiling, about 5 covers are known with this cancel, a showpiece for Austrian Levant and Suez collectors Provenance: Fikry