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Auction: 17021 - Great Britain with Post Offices in Central and South America, Europe, Middle East, Asia and Australasia - The David Pitts Collection
Lot: 193

(x) Ionian Islands
Military Mail
1860 (c. Mar.) entire from "Gn. J. Lamont 10 B. 68. Royal Artillery, Corfu" to Bradford, showing a light strike of Crowned Circle "paid/at/corfu" and fine London Paid datestamp (20.3), arrival datestamp on reverse. A rare concessionary rate cover with the Crowned Circle. Photo

Note: The 6th. Brigade, Royal Artillery garrisoned the islands from 1859 to 1861. The 10th. Battalion reached Corfu on 1 June 1859

provenance:
Gerald Sattin, May 2004

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Estimate
£800 to £1,000