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Auction: SW1015 - The Philatelic Collector's Series
Lot: 192

1849-50, 1fr. carmine, two examples of which one has been repaired, large margins for the most part, otherwise being clear, together with 40c. orange, vertical pair, complete to large margins, both values showing bright colours, used on 19 August 1852 cover from Paris via French steamer to Rome (Papal States), tied by "grille sans fin", with "Via di Mare" straight-line applied at Civitavecchia, backstamped on receipt. An important first-issue cover bearing a very scarce franking, and furthermore, being addressed to an unusual destination. Cert. Behr. Maury 5, 6.

Sold for
€1,500