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Auction: 19029 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 739

Malta
Postage Due Marks
1816 (5 May) entire letter from the Ionian Islands to Malta, showing large part double-ring "isole/ionie" with manuscript "2" inserted and, on reverse, "May:28-T:2." h.s. (DC-T2). The earliest known example of a Postage Due mark; the entire little browned through disinfection. Photo

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Sold for
£160