image

Previous Lot Next Lot

Auction: 3028 - The "Grant" Collection of Stamps & Postal History of Great Britain
Lot: 2006

Used Abroad 1859 (7 Mar.) entire to Malta with very fine red Alexandria c.d.s; 1870 (14 Nov.) envelope to France, good strike of the red "buenos-ayres/paid" c.d.s., London and Calais transit marks adjacent; 1894 (5 Feb.) envelope to England, bearing 1880-81 1d. pair, one stamp bisected diagonally, and 1d. postal fiscal, all tied by fine Beyrouth Br. Post Office 'hooded' circle datestamps and with black "T" handstamp alongside, fine and mos attractive. An appealing trio. Photo for the bisect cover Estimate £ 250-300

Sold for
£180