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Auction: 11029 - Summer Collector's Series sale
Lot: 863

x British Post Offices Abroad Egypt 1868 (3 Apr.) entire letter from Sonderburg "Via Triest" to Shanghai, bearing Prussia 1866 10Gr. rose on goldbeater paper and North German Confederation, Northern District 1/2Gr. orange, 1Gr. rose, 2Gr. ultramarine and 5Gr. bistre all cancelled with double-ring d.s. and in combination with G.B. 1867 1/- green Plate 4 affixed over the 2Gr. value and clearly cancelled "B01" at Alexandria, showing Alexandria c.d.s. (17.4) at centre and with Trieste oval d.s. (6.4) and Hong Kong (19.5) c.d.s.; the Prussian stamp with goldbeater paper faults, nevertheless a very rare combination franking. Holcombe Certificate (1990). Photo Estimate £ 10,000-12,000

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£12,000