Lot 30254 – 1858 (Apr 24) Entire from London to Milan with stamps cancelled by an Anglo-French « GB/ 2f 62c » accountancy handstamp

ITALY: 1858 (Apr 24) Entire from London to Milan, Italy, bearing a 4d rose-carmine and two single 6d pale lilacs paying the 1s4d double letter rate weighing up to 1/2oz, dispatched from Great Britain without being cancelled and subsequently cancelled upon arrival in France by an Anglo-French « GB/ 2f 62c » accountancy handstamp with a red « P-D. » handstamp below and additionally endorsed with a red manuscript « 80 » denoting the share of the postage in Centesimi due to the local postal authorities from the British Post Office, reverse with blue London thimble dispatch and Milan arrival, most unusual and attractive