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Auction: 11042 - Pearls of Arabia - Egypt
Lot: 569

Egypt Italian Post Offices 1863 (6 Nov.) entire letter to Milan bearing Sardinia 1855-63 10c. yellow-ochre (pair) and 40c. rose-vermilion with framed "piroscafi/postali/italiani" cancellations and "alessandria d´egitto/poste italiane" datestamp alongside; transit and arrival markings on reverse, small portions of flap missing, fine and rare. The earliest recorded use of the Alessandria d´egitto datestamp in black. G. Colla Certificate (2009). Photo Estimate € 3,500-4,000

Sold for
€3,500