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Auction: 7014 - Europe & Overseas
Lot: 1521

Collections and Ranges A small selection of covers with Austrian Levant 1873 (6 Dec.) envelope to Antwerp, bearing 1867 Levant 10s. blue pair tied by "smirne" thimble c.d.s. and showing Anvers arrival d.s. (15.12) on reverse; France Alsace 1871 (16 Feb.) envelope to Brussels, bearing 1870 25c. deep brown, network up, tied by "k.p.r.feld-post/relais no. 43" datestamp in black and with Brussels arrival on reverse; slight age stain at top of envelope but a scarce usage; Greece 1876 (Apr.) envelope from Zakynthos (Ionian Islands) to Antwerp, bearing fine 1875 10 lep orange and 20 lep deep blue tied by Zakynthos/111 c.d.s. and showing, on reverse, Kerkyra (Corfu) transit, Italian TPO and Anvers arrival c.d.s.; Germany 1900 (8 Nov.) Value Declared envelope, weighing 67 grams, used from Cologne to Spa, Belgium, bearing Reichspost 40m. and 50m. and 1900 (Apr.) 1m. red, all tied by Coln c.d.s. and showing, on reverse; Japan 1903 (7 Oct.) Illustrated Miyako Hotel envelope to Spa in Belgium bearing Chrysanthemum 10s. blue tied by Kyoto c.d.s. and straight-line hotel handstamp with Yokohama and arrival c.d.s. on reverse; some soiling but with original contents. From the Estate of the Late Count Albéric du Chastel de la Howardries (1842-1919). (5 covers) Estimate £ 200-250

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£200