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                    Lot: 672
                
                    
                        †Malta 1864 (7 Mar.) red-brown registered envelope to Bombay with "the mediteranean  extension telegraph company limited" seal in deep blue on flap and printed "telegraphic message." on face, bearing G.B. 1861 2d. blue Plate 9 vertical pair and 1862 6d. lilac Plate 2, twice neatly cancelled with "A25" duplex; the envelope with some minor creasing though a very rare and attractive franking. Briefmarkenprüfstelle Certificate (2003). Photo
                                            
                    
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