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Auction: 11042 - Pearls of Arabia - Egypt
Lot: 647

Egypt Italian Post Offices 1874 (5 March) entire (flap missing) from Beyrouth to Milan bearing Great Britain 1858-72 2d. Plate 11, RB with "G06" barred oval cancellation and "british post office/beyrout" datestamp alongside, 1874 "estero" 40c. rose with "234" in lozenge of dots cancellation and "alessandria d´egitto/poste italiane" alongside, transit and arrival markings on reverse, filing folds but fine and extremely rare. The earliest known used of the "estero" issue on correspondence from the Middle East. E. Diena (1994) and G. Colla (2009) Certificates. Photo Estimate € 2,000-2,500

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