Lot 10210 – 1868 Folded cover from Dardanelli to Constantinople, with 2nd Issue 20 paras green pair cancelled negative seal handstamp of DARDANELLI

1868 Folded cover from Dardanelli to Constantinople, franked by 2nd Issue 20 paras green pair, to pay the single 1 piastre rate, tied by circular negative seal handstamp of DARDANELLI in blue with repeated srike at right reading “Chanak-kil’l / 1868 / Post Office / Egyptian Official” in Arabic, manuscript ‘franco’ and ‘par vapeur Egyptien’, backstamped POSTE VICE REALI EGIZIANE / CONSTANTINOPOLI / 9 DEC 68 circular datestamp, no sideflaps, an exhibition showpiece

Rarity: One of just three recorded covers

Provenance: Peter Smith