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Auction: 24011 - Stamps and Covers of Great Britain and the World
Lot: 2227

(x) France
1853-61 Empire Non Dentelé
1858 (20 Jan.) small entire letter from Villard de Lans locally addressed, bearing 1853-61 20c. blue bisected vertically (touched at top) and tied by petit chiffres "3587" cancellation, the entire with a small tear extending into the address panel on the front, well clear of the adhesive, fine and extremely rare. The rarest of the few known usages of the 20c. bisect to pay the 10c. local rate. Goebel Certificate (2009) not enclosed in the lot. Spink Maury 14, €36,000 (this cover). Photo

provenance:
Spink, May 2010

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

Sold for
£5,000

Starting price
£2800