Lot 40092 – 40 Lep, deep bright purple (Groseille), 20 Lep, deep blue, 5 Lep, green, all on transparent paper, and tied by “106” lozenge, on 1874 unfranked folded cover from Malta to Corfu
Lot 40092 – 40 Lep, deep bright purple (Groseille), 20 Lep, deep blue, 5 Lep, green, all on transparent paper, and tied by “106” lozenge, on 1874 unfranked folded cover from Malta to Corfu
Lot 40092 – 40 Lep, deep bright purple (Groseille), 20 Lep, deep blue, 5 Lep, green, all on transparent paper, and tied by “106” lozenge, on 1874 unfranked folded cover from Malta to Corfu
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » 1871-76 Meshed paper issue
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Price realised
1’600 EUR
Estimate
1’500 – 2’000 EUR
Auction date
Wed 2 Dec 2020 at 11:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description
40 Lep, deep bright purple (Groseille), 20 Lep, deep blue, 5 Lep, green, all on transparent paper, and tied by “106” lozenge, on 1874 unfranked folded cover from Malta to Corfu, bearing cds of the British PO in Malta, rated “12 1/2” sent via Siragusa and Brindisi to Corfu where on arrival the 65 Lepta was applied, an array of arrival bs,, colourful and an extremely rare usage of the Groseille shade
Expertise: Cert. Holcombe (1988)
Catalogue ref: 56d
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