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Auction: 9006 - Cyprus The Aphrodite Collection
Lot: 64

1880 (1 April) Overprints on Stamps of Great Britain Covers 1880 (1 Sept.) envelope registered from Limassol to Alexandria, Egypt, bearing 1/2d. rose Plate 19 (2), PI and PJ, 1d. red Plate 208, AA, and 2 1/2d. rosy mauve Plate 14, HB, all cancelled "975" and showing "registered/cyprus" oval d.s. at left with a further part strike at foot, and with despatch c.d.s. below the adhesives, the reverse (part flap missing) with several red wax seals and small part arrival c.d.s. An outstanding and exceptionally rare franking. Photo Estimate £ 10,000-12,000 provenance: J.C. North, 1956 Mrs. V.H. Richardson, 1960

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