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Auction: 21010 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale - Conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 4449

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"Philby" Correspondence. The following nine lots are part of the famous correspondence to or from Harry St. John Bridger Philby, the father of the famous spy
1915 (11 Dec.) stampless envelope endorsed "On Field Service" to Mrs. Philby in Camberly, with passed/d/censor" handstamp and self Censored by Philby Basrah (11 Dec.) and Bombay (18 Dec.) datestamps on the reverse; pinholes at lower right. Fine,

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