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Auction: 13031 - The Collector's Series sale
Lot: 583

Cyprus
Covers and Cancellations
Registered Mail
1883 (8 Sept.) 2pi. G size registered envelope from Limassol to London, bearing 1883 1pi. rose pair sharing squared-circle datestamp and showing a superb strike of the rare large double-lined "R" handstamp incorporating "registered/cyprus" oval datestamp in red (only recorded in use in 1883) alongside, London Registered oval datestamp (19.9) below and a further strike on reverse; central vertical fold though an attractive cover with this rare handstamp. Photo

Sold for
£2,400