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Auction archive: Lot number 1032

cover 1854 (18 Oct.) entire letter from Calcutta to Genoa, bearing 1854 (6 Oct.) 2a. green strip of four (the stamp at left severed having been affixed around the left edge of the entire) neatly cancelled by diamond of dots, the strip additionally ti...

Auction 22.05.1996
22 May 1996
Estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
ca. US$3,029 - US$4,544
Price realised:
£2,415
ca. US$3,658
Auction archive: Lot number 1032

cover 1854 (18 Oct.) entire letter from Calcutta to Genoa, bearing 1854 (6 Oct.) 2a. green strip of four (the stamp at left severed having been affixed around the left edge of the entire) neatly cancelled by diamond of dots, the strip additionally ti...

Auction 22.05.1996
22 May 1996
Estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
ca. US$3,029 - US$4,544
Price realised:
£2,415
ca. US$3,658
Beschreibung:

cover 1854 (18 Oct.) entire letter from Calcutta to Genoa, bearing 1854 (6 Oct.) 2a. green strip of four (the stamp at left severed having been affixed around the left edge of the entire) neatly cancelled by diamond of dots, the strip additionally tied by manuscript "11" rate mark and framed "INDIA PAID" in red, and showing manuscript "18" and "10" , the cover is marked "From Alexandria to Trieste by Austrian Steamer" in red ink at lower left. A splendid exhibition item which we believe to be the second earliest recorded 2a. cover

Auction archive: Lot number 1032
Auction:
Datum:
22 May 1996
Auction house:
Christie's
London, King Street
Beschreibung:

cover 1854 (18 Oct.) entire letter from Calcutta to Genoa, bearing 1854 (6 Oct.) 2a. green strip of four (the stamp at left severed having been affixed around the left edge of the entire) neatly cancelled by diamond of dots, the strip additionally tied by manuscript "11" rate mark and framed "INDIA PAID" in red, and showing manuscript "18" and "10" , the cover is marked "From Alexandria to Trieste by Austrian Steamer" in red ink at lower left. A splendid exhibition item which we believe to be the second earliest recorded 2a. cover

Auction archive: Lot number 1032
Auction:
Datum:
22 May 1996
Auction house:
Christie's
London, King Street
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