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Auction: 5011 - Stamps & Covers of the World
Lot: 1764

India 1859 entire letter from Calcutta "per Overland Mail via Alexandria. From Alexandria via Trieste by the Austrian Lloyd Co´s Steamer" to Italy, bearing 1855 8a. strip of four and a single, and 1856-64 2a. buff and 4a. black all indistinctly cancelled "B/1", despatch and arrival c.d.s. on reverse. A scarce and attractive franking. Photo Estimate £ 400-500

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