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Auction: SW1019 - The Collectors' Series incl. Colombia, Italian P.O.'s in China, Bulgaria, Rumania, Fiscals & Aeronautical Memorabilia
Lot: 581

1917-22 Italian Post OfficesPeking1917, 10c. orange and carmine, postage dues, two examples applied on front of taxed, censored envelope from Rimini addressed to the Italian Marines Detachment at Peking, tied by "R.R. Poste Italiane/9.6.18/Pechino-Cina" datestamp, franked on dispatch with "Leoni" 10c. rose tied by Rimini c.d.s. on 12 April 1918. To our knowledge, one of only two covers recorded bearing Italian Post Office Postage Dues on cover, both being non-philatelic. Of great desirability Cert. Bottacchi. Sassone 1. Photo

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€6,500