Lot 40092 – 40 Lep, deep bright purple (Groseille), 20 Lep, deep blue, 5 Lep, green, all on transparent paper, and tied by « 106 » lozenge, on 1874 unfranked folded cover from Malta to Corfu

40 Lep, deep bright purple (Groseille), 20 Lep, deep blue, 5 Lep, green, all on transparent paper, and tied by « 106 » lozenge, on 1874 unfranked folded cover from Malta to Corfu, bearing cds of the British PO in Malta, rated « 12 1/2 » sent via Siragusa and Brindisi to Corfu where on arrival the 65 Lepta was applied, an array of arrival bs,, colourful and an extremely rare usage of the Groseille shade

Expertise: Cert. Holcombe (1988)