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Auction: 9016 - Important Stamps & Covers of the World
Lot: 125

Netherlands 1868 (14 Mar.) small envelope to Jerusalem, bearing 1867-69 King William 10c. lake and 20c. green, paying the single letter rate and tied by framed "franco" handstamps with red Utrecht datestamp alongside, the front of the envelope shows manuscript "wf2" sgr. credit to Prussia in blue and red "4" kr. credit to Austria, on reverse framed "oberhausen" and oval "trieste" transits with "gerusaleme/4/4" arrival datestamp of the Austrian Post Office; the adhesives with some stained or missing perforations, nevertheless a very rare envelope and believed to be the only Netherlands third issue cover to the Holy Land Estimate £ 4,000-6,000

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£4,000