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Auction: 11018 - Spring Collector's Series
Lot: 898

French Colonies French Post Offices in the Turkish Empire 1874 (4 Mar.) entire letter from Lattaquie to Marseilles bearing France 1862 80c. (portion missing at right) and 1871-76 thick figures 80c., the first with "5091" cancellation and with dotted circle "lattaquie syrie" datestamp alongside (both poor strikes as usual) the 1871-76 80c. cancelled "5082" at Beyrouth, red boxed "paquebots de la/mediteranee"; rare. S.G. 98, 209. Photo Estimate £ 300-400

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£290