Lot 80707 – Unpaid letter from Liverpool (Sept. 11/23, 1869) t

1869 Unpaid letter from Liverpool (Sept. 11/23, 1869) to Patras (Sept. 20/Oct.2, 1869) via London (Sept. 12/24, 1869), « cachet d’entrée » at Calais (Sept. 12/24, 1869), « cachet ambulant » from Lyon to Avignon (Sept. 25/Oct. 7, 1869) and Athens (Sept. 18/30, 1869). « Via Marseilles & Le Pirée » handwritten on the top of the cover, (« Voie Française »). Taxed at the arrival at 220 lepta, written on red pencil, corresponding to the rate for an unpaid letter from 7½ to 15 grams according to the convention between Greece and France of Nov. 1866. The stamps are from the consecutive Athens (1862/1867) & « cleaned plates » printings (1868/1869) and have good to large margins, 2 are touched at a corner. Ex Zachariadès collection.