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Auction: 26012 - The Dr. Erick Reeber Collection, FRPSL
Lot: 1199

(x) Madagascar
Early Postal History
Incoming Mail
1886 (28 June) envelope from Sevenoaks to "Rev. J.A. Houlder, Antananarivo, Madagascar, c/o/ British Consulate Tamatave", marked "via Reunion", bearing GB 1883-84 ½d. slate-blue, 2½d. lilac and 5d. green, all neatly cancelled with c.d.s. and showing, on reverse, Port Louis, Mauritius transit c.d.s. (23.7); and 1895 (30 Jan.) envelope from London to Tamatave, bearing ½a. and 1d. pair with Marseilles transit d.s. on reverse. Neat and attractive frankings.

provenance:
David Feldman auction, May 2010, Lot 40012

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

Estimate
£400 to £500

Starting price
£280