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Auction: 23117 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale - e-Auction
Lot: 3323

(x) British Occupation of Italian Colonies
Eritrea
1948 (9 Dec.) parcel label from Asmara to Naples bearing B.M.A. 75c. on 9d. deep olive-green and 5/- on 5/- red cancelled by despatch c.d.s., the reverse with arrival (5.2.49) c.d.s., a part of the parcel label teared at bottom nevertheless a very rare item being one of the only very few known parcel labels used in 1948 during B.M.A. overprinted stamps. illustrated on Sirotti-Taroni "Le Occupazioni britanniche delle colonie italiane 1941-1950", page 186, ill.154 . Sassone €30,000


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Estimate
£2,500 to £3,000

Starting price
£2300