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Auction: 1027 - Autumn Collector's Series
Lot: 1469

Turkey The City Post of Constantinople - The Otto Hornung Gold Medal Collection Third Period - Stamps with Overprint 1873 (4 June) envelope from Galata to Camlica bearing bearing 1pi. Postage Due with black type I Shehir overprint, tied by blue octagonal Galata (Coles and Walker 7) cancellation with Galata c.d.s. alongside and on reverse oval "baghtche capussi" datestamp; fine. Believed to be the earliest recorded envelope bearing a stamp with the Shehir overprint. Photo Estimate £ 250-300

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£250