Lot 20100 – 1pi. vermilion, vertical pair and single, on 1877 cover by “POSTE EGIZIANE / UFFIZIO NATANTE / 4 GEN 1877 / ALES” Mailboat datestamp
Lot 20100 – 1pi. vermilion, vertical pair and single, on 1877 cover by “POSTE EGIZIANE / UFFIZIO NATANTE / 4 GEN 1877 / ALES” Mailboat datestamp
Lot 20100 – 1pi. vermilion, vertical pair and single, on 1877 cover by “POSTE EGIZIANE / UFFIZIO NATANTE / 4 GEN 1877 / ALES” Mailboat datestamp
Egypt » 1874 Bulaq
Price realised
Unsold
Estimate
3’600 EUR
Auction date
lun. 5 déc. 2022 at 17:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description
1pi. vermilion, vertical pair and single, neatly tied on 1877 (4.1) cover to Constantinople, by “POSTE EGIZIANE / UFFIZIO NATANTE / 4 GEN 1877 / ALES” Mailboat datestamp, with another strike alongside, backstamped on arrival in Constantinople, an important maritime showpiece, only two such covers are recorded; cert. RPS (1975); ex G. T. Houston.Note: This Marine T.P.O. functioned on Khedivial Mail Line Steamers from 1875 to 1879 only.
Catalogue ref: Nile Post D26
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