Lot 40343 – 1923 (30.8) First Overland Mail cover from Bagdad to Haifa on the first day of use of the Overland Mail route

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Lot 40343 – 1923 (30.8) First Overland Mail cover from Bagdad to Haifa on the first day of use of the Overland Mail route
Stamp of Iraq 1923 (30.8) First Overland Mail cover from Bagdad to Haifa on the first day of use of the Overland Mail route
Stamp of Iraq 1923 (30.8) First Overland Mail cover from Bagdad to Haifa on the first day of use of the Overland Mail route
Stamp of Iraq 1923 (30.8) First Overland Mail cover from Bagdad to Haifa on the first day of use of the Overland Mail route
Stamp of Iraq 1923 (30.8) First Overland Mail cover from Bagdad to Haifa on the first day of use of the Overland Mail route

Lot 40343 – 1923 (30.8) First Overland Mail cover from Bagdad to Haifa on the first day of use of the Overland Mail route

Iraq
Price realised
Unsold
Estimate
700 EUR
Auction date
Wed 11 Dec 2019 at 10:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description

1923 (30.8) First Overland Mail cover registered to Haifa, franked with 9 annas of the Pictorial issue, all tied by BAGDAD/30.8.23 cds, being the first day of use of the Overland Mail route, initiated by the Nairn Brothers, very fine and extremely rare, apparently one of only four known covers use on the first day

Auction
2019 December Auctions
Catalogue
Overseas

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