Lot 10074 – 1866 (19 July) Cover from Cairo to Scotland, showing a fine strike of the “Crowned Circle” PAID AT SUEZ in blue

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Lot 10074 – 1866 (19 July) Cover from Cairo to Scotland, showing a fine strike of the “Crowned Circle” PAID AT SUEZ in blue
Stamp of Egypt » British Post Offices » Suez 1866 (19 July) Cover from Cairo to Scotland, showing a fine strike of the “Crowned Circle” PAID AT SUEZ in blue
Stamp of Egypt » British Post Offices » Suez 1866 (19 July) Cover from Cairo to Scotland, showing a fine strike of the “Crowned Circle” PAID AT SUEZ in blue
Stamp of Egypt » British Post Offices » Suez 1866 (19 July) Cover from Cairo to Scotland, showing a fine strike of the “Crowned Circle” PAID AT SUEZ in blue
Stamp of Egypt » British Post Offices » Suez 1866 (19 July) Cover from Cairo to Scotland, showing a fine strike of the “Crowned Circle” PAID AT SUEZ in blue

Lot 10074 – 1866 (19 July) Cover from Cairo to Scotland, showing a fine strike of the “Crowned Circle” PAID AT SUEZ in blue

Egypt » British Post Offices » Suez
Price realised
3’500 EUR
Estimate
3’400 – 4’000 EUR
Auction date
lun. 14 juin 2021 at 16:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description

1866 (19 July) Cover from Cairo to Girvan, Scotland, showing a fine strike of the “Crowned Circle” PAID AT SUEZ in blue, rated “6” in pencil, with SUEZ / JY 19 circular datestamp In the same ink alongside, backstamped GIRVAN / JY 29 1866, very fine and extremely rare

Rarity: The latest recorded usage and one of only six PAID AT SUEZ “Crowned Circles” recorded by us

Provenance: G. Glassco (1969), Senator H.D. Hicks (1984), Stone (2010)

Auction
2021 Spring Auction Series
Catalogue
Egypt – Chalhoub Part 4

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