Lot 41126 – 1923 (30.8) First Overland Mail cover from Bagdad to Haifa on the first day of use of the Overland Mail route
Lot 41126 – 1923 (30.8) First Overland Mail cover from Bagdad to Haifa on the first day of use of the Overland Mail route
Lot 41126 – 1923 (30.8) First Overland Mail cover from Bagdad to Haifa on the first day of use of the Overland Mail route
Iraq
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Price realised
320 EUR
Estimate
400 – 500 EUR
Auction date
Wed 2 Dec 2020 at 16:00 (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
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