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Lot 60095 – FIRST COVER FROM ITALY WITH A STAMP 1840 (Oct 2

Lot 60095 – FIRST COVER FROM ITALY WITH A STAMP 1840 (Oct 2
Italian States » Naples
Price realised
Unsold
Estimate
8’000 EUR
Auction date
Thu 4 Dec 2014 at 19:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description
FIRST COVER FROM ITALY WITH A STAMP 1840 (Oct 23) Wrapper from Newcastle under Lyme to Dover with 1840 1d black pl.4 tied by red-brown MC, redirected to “Post Restante / Naples”, carried privately to Italy and posted back to England 6 months later via Sardinia (“TS” hs and cds), with faint “NAP 1841 / 5 MAG” claret ds on obverse, charged “1/7” overseas postage with “POSTAGE NOT PAID / TO LONDON” hs on reverse, cert. states that the cover has been cleaned and the stamp lifted for inspection. An extraordinary, well-travelled and attractive cover Expertise: Cert. BPA (2013)

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