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Auction: 19029 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 393

Cyprus
1882-86 Watermark Crown CA, Die I
Covers
1889 (10 Apr.) blue OHMS envelope (226x96mm.) from Nicosia and addressed locally, bearing ½pi. dull green vertical pair sharing squared-circle datestamp, marked "not known" on face and on reverse "Opened by me but not intended for me", signed and dated "9.5.89", all in red ink, Nicosia datestamp(10.6) on face, Larnaca datestamp (11.6) on reverse, Returned Letter Office datestamp (21.6) on face and with manuscript "Rec' back thro' Ret Letter Office 22/6/89 all papers", unusual and full of character. Photo

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Sold for
£450