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Auction: 23117 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale - e-Auction
Lot: 3319

(x) British Occupation of Italian Colonies
Middle East Forces
Eritrea
1946 (12 Mar.) large part parcel label from Asmara to London via Sudan bearing 2/6d. yellow-green block of twenty cancelled by despatch c.d.s., a most attractive piece being the largest known multiple of the 2/6d. Biondi certificate (2002). illustrated on Sirotti-Taroni "Le Occupazioni britanniche delle colonie italiane 1941-1950", page 185, ill.152 . Sassone €40,000


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Estimate
£2,500 to £3,000

Starting price
£2300