Lot 447
Russia, Used to Piraeus, Greece: 1858, 10k brown & blue, three copies, fine (all with clipped perforations at bottom) tied by TAGANROG 15 APR 1865 c.d.s. strikes on fumigated folded letter sheet (slit at left) bearing FRANCA in circle, red crayon and Greece 10L and 40L. paying incoming tax, on reverse duplicate orgin c.d.s. A most colorful and extremely rare cover. Michel 5. (Scott 8). Estimate $1,000 - 1,250.
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Opening Bid $650 |
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