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Auction: 23117 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale - e-Auction
Lot: 3288

(x) British Occupation of Italian Colonies
Middle East Forces
Egeo
1946 (9 Apr.) bilingual parcel label from Rhodes to Coo for a parcel of 10 Kilograms bearing 1943-47 2/6d. yellow-green cancelled by despatch c.d.s., alongside arrival (18.4) c.d.s. Believed to be the only recorded parcel label bearing a 2/6d. Sirotti certificate (2008). illustrated on Sirotti-Taroni "Le Occupazioni britanniche delle colonie italiane 1941-1950", page 350, ill.381 . Sassone €35,000.

Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.

Estimate
£2,500 to £3,000

Starting price
£2300