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Auction: 14037 - Indian Postal Agencies in the Persian Gulf Area, The Alan Parsons Collection
Lot: 2438

The Indian Postal Agencies in the Persian Gulf Area
The Postal Agencies
Iraq
Basra
Registered Datestamps
1904 (12 Aug.) envelope registered from a surgeon on board the Austrian Steamer India to Austria, bearing 2a. and 2½a. cancelled by 26mm. C16 "basrah/reg" c.d.s. and showing a legible strike of the "lloyd austriaco/piroscafi/india" oval-framed cachet in blue-green, and 1911 envelope registered to England bearing 3p. (2), ½a., 1a. and 2½a. cancelled with similar c.d.s. and with handstamped registration label alongside. A most unusual pair

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HK$2,200