Lot 71008 – STUNNING 5-COLOUR FRANKING TO ENGLAND 1874 (May

STUNNING 5-COLOUR FRANKING TO ENGLAND 1874 (May 17) Envelope from Cairo to England with 5pa brown, two 10pa dull lilac, 20pa blue, 1pi red and 2pi yellow (five of the seven values from the third issue), tied by Cairo cds (Smith type V-1, date slug inverted) paying the correct rate of 4pi5pa, missent to Swindon and routed to Liverpool, array of bs, a superb showpiece Expertise: cert. RPS (2007) Provenance: Dawson, Antonini and Fikry