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Auction: 1027 - Autumn Collector's Series
Lot: 1446

Turkey The City Post of Constantinople - The Otto Hornung Gold Medal Collection First Period - Liannos Private Post 1867 (22 Feb.) entire from Galata to Livorno bearing 20pa. black on green tied by "poste locale/constantinople" d.s. with octagonal "constantinople p.fr.u no.2" of 8 March and framed "piroscafi/postali/francesi" alongside, on reverse Messina transit (19.3) and Livorno arrival (15.3); fine and rare. One of only approximately 20 Liannos covers recorded addressed abroad. B.P.A. Certificate (1974) Photo Estimate £ 400-600 provenance: Ex Col. Wilson

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