Lot 1539
OVERSEAS MAIL: 1864 entire addressed to...
Stamps and Postal History of the World | 5919
Auction: 6 October 2020 at 01:00 BST
£380
Description
OVERSEAS MAIL: 1864 entire addressed to Smyrna, British Levant bearing 4d pale red, Plate 4 (KB) and a horizontal pair of 9d bistre, Plate 2 (BE-BF), wmk "INVERTED", each cancelled by Manchester '498' duplex for SP.05.1864, with magenta Achen transit cds below and various manuscript rate markings at left, the reverse with London SP.06.1864, Triest (Austria) SP.09.1864 transit cancels and Smyrna arrival cds for SP.16.1864. Most unusual and scarce. SG 82, 86Wi
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