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Auction: 23117 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale - e-Auction
Lot: 3315

(x) British Occupation of Italian Colonies
Middle East Forces
Eritrea
1942 (9 Dec.) envelope registered air mail from Asmara to New York bearing Cairo 2d. orange block of four, Nairobi 2½d. ultramarine (3) and 1d. scarlet (5, single and vertical strip of four pos. 6-12-18-24 showing type I-II-II-I) cancelled by despatch c.d.s. alongside censor cachet, the reverse with arrival (28.12) c.d.s., a rare mixed cover. Sirotti certificate (2005). illustrated on Sirotti-Taroni "Le Occupazioni britanniche delle colonie italiane 1941-1950", page 149, ill.93 . Sassone €13,700


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Sold for
£520

Starting price
£600