Lot 70997 – 1874 (Jan 17) “Le Nil” newspaper piece franked wit
Lot 70997 – 1874 (Jan 17) “Le Nil” newspaper piece franked wit
Egypt » 1872-75 Penasson
Price realised
1’600 EUR
Estimate
2’000 EUR
Auction date
Fri 27 Sep 2013 at 19:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description
1874 (Jan 17) “Le Nil” newspaper piece franked with 1872 5pa brown tied by Alexandria cds, paying the single local newspaper rate, fine & extremely rare
Note: Shortly afterwards the newspaper was shutdown as the editor advocated that Egypt should be separated from Turkey Catalogue ref: D14
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