Auction: SW1006 - The Collector's Series, including important Chile and Portugal                                                          
                    
                    Lot: 929
                
                    
                        1874, April 29. Cover front from Constantinople to London, bearing Russia 1866 20 k. blue and orange, horizontally laid paper, in mixed franking with Russian Levant 1872 3k. green, tied by "Konst-Polsk" c.d.s. (Tchillinghirian fig. 713) of the ROPIT main office at Constantinople in blue, with Odessa transit and arrival alongside. The 3 k. denomination is affected by a tiny tear and a faint diagonal crease, of little importance. A rare and visually striking combination franking. Cert. Enzo Diena. Mi. 22x; 7x.                        
                                            
                
                    
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