Lot 294

1860 (15 May) entire from Naples addressed...

Stamps and Postal History of the World | 5910

Auction: 1 October 2019 at 01:00 BST

£300

Description

1860 (15 May) entire from Naples addressed to Bordeaux tricolour franking bearing 5gr. plate I, 10gr. plate II and 20gr. postal forgery type V, stamps cancelled by 'annullato' boxed cancel in black, along side 'P.D.' boxed cancel in red and double concentric ring 'Deux Siciles Marseilles' (19 May 60) cds in red, hand written 'via di mare direttamente', on reverse faint 'Partenza da Napoli' in red, transit 'Marseille a Lyone' (19 May) and 'lettr a Toulouse' (20 May), and arrival Bordeaux (21 May) cds's, few faults including horizontal crease through stamps, back flap missing and recipient's name removed, still a very rare franking combination with a postal forgery, Sassone (8,11, F12)

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