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Auction: 22012 - The Philatelic Collector's Series - e-Auction
Lot: 2225

(x) British Levant
1893 (25 Feb.) envelope (stain at right) from Constantinople to England, bearing "40 paras" on ½d. vermilion with surcharge misplaced to left and cancelled "C" in oval of bars, despatch and arrival datestamps on reverse, (28 Feb.) and (1 Mar.) envelopes from Constantinople to Germany and Switzerland respectively, both bearing "40 paras" on ½d. vermilion, the first with "s" normal, the second with the surcharge very underinked, and a further loose example showing damaged "s" and cancelled with 1 March datestamp. B.P.A. Certificates for 28 February cover (1985) and loose stamp (1983). S.G. 7

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Sold for
£160

Starting price
£70