cover 1869 (April) E. sent unfranked from Port Said to Syros via Beirut and Smyrna, showing "PORT.SAID/EGYPTE" French P.O. c.d.s. and bearing Second Athens 5lep. yellow-green on greenish (coarse print) overlapping 40lep. bright mauve on bluish, neatly cancelled by c.d.s. and showing "45 LEP " due h.s. adjacent. Very fine and a rare origin. B.P.A. certificate (1977). Photo.
cover 1869 (April) E. sent unfranked from Port Said to Syros via Beirut and Smyrna, showing "PORT.SAID/EGYPTE" French P.O. c.d.s. and bearing Second Athens 5lep. yellow-green on greenish (coarse print) overlapping 40lep. bright mauve on bluish, neatly cancelled by c.d.s. and showing "45 LEP " due h.s. adjacent. Very fine and a rare origin. B.P.A. certificate (1977). Photo.
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