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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: 440

(x) Macau
1878 (5 Mar.) mourning envelope "via Brindisi" to Lisbon, showing despatch datestamp, oval-framed "franca" and framed "per fr. packet" handstamp, all on face, the reverse with a superb strike of the "pago/em/macao" Crowned Circle handstamp and Lisbon arrival datestamp (12.4); the envelope flap with pieces missing and torn through on opening, crossing the Crowned Circle handstamp, nevertheless exceptionally rare with only about a dozen examples recorded. S.G. as Type CC2, £10,000. Photo

Note: This was a locally cut marking. It was probably used by the Portuguese postmaster to send letters via the British Post Office

provenance:
"Arabella", March 2005

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Sold for
£3,500