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Auction: 23117 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale - e-Auction
Lot: 3320

(x) British Occupation of Italian Colonies
Middle East Forces
Eritrea
1947 (11 Apr..) envelope, registered air mail from Asmara to Genua bearing 2½d. ultramarine, 1/- bistre-brown, 2/6d. yellow-green (2), 5/- red and 10/- ultramarine cancelled by despatch c.d.s., the reverse with arrival (21.4) c.d.s., a very rare cover bearing the three high values and with only two or three known using the 10/- on cover. Sirotti certificate (2006). illustrated on Sirotti-Taroni "Le Occupazioni britanniche delle colonie italiane 1941-1950", page 159, ill.113 . Sassone €40,000


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Estimate
£2,500 to £3,000

Starting price
£2300