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Lot 10178 – 509
Russia » Ship Mail » Ship Mail in the Levant
Price realised
700 EUR
Estimate
1’000 EUR
Auction date
Sat 3 Dec 2016 at 11:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description
1862-65 ca. fragment franked 1858 10k blue and brown perf. 12 1/2 (12) in singles and strips (1 defective) and 30k vertical strip of 3 all cancelled FRANCO in double-framed rectangle in blue. The FRANCO mark is believed to have been applied to “Levant port to Levant port” correspondence. It was struck at the Russian Consular Post Office in CONSTANTINOPLE-PERA, not the ROPiT office at CONSTANTINOPLE-GALATA, as previously supposed. 10k with cert. Guy du Vachat. Rare and spectacular multiples

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