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Auction: 9016 - Important Stamps & Covers of the World
Lot: 137

Russia Post Offices in the Turkish Empire 1874 envelope to Constantinople, bearing 1872-90 horizontally laid paper 1k. brown strip of three and 3k. deep green, tied by a single blue Batum datestamp (Tchill fig. 89); the envelope with a small hole at foot well clear of the adhesives, fine. Believed to be one of only three examples of the Batum cancellation known on cover. Estimate £ 4,000-6,000 provenance: Lipschutz

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