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Auction: 9016 - Important Stamps & Covers of the World
Lot: 138

Russia Post Offices in the Turkish Empire 1892 (4 Nov.) envelope (slightly foreshortened at left) to Constantinople, bearing 1872-90 horizontally laid paper 10k. rose-carmine and green tied by unframed violet "compagnie russe/de navigation a vapeur/at de commerce/agencie/d ineboli" handstamp (Tchill fig. 134), arrival datestamp on reverse; the envelope with a filing fold at top well clear of the adhesive; fine. Believed to be the only recorded example of this handstamp on cover Estimate £ 5,000-6,000 provenance: Lipschutz

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