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Auction: 20026 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale - conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 1090

Ceylon
Covers
1859 (27 July) envelope from Galle to France, bearing 1857-59 white paper 1d. deep turquoise-blue (good to large margins on three sides, touched at top) paying the inland rate to ship, cancelled by oval of bars, showing manuscript "1", handstruck "8" (decimes due) and, on reverse, "galle/steamer letter" c.d.s. in red with French T.P.O. datestamps; the envelope with part of flap missing and a fraction soiled. R.P.S. Certificate (2018). Photo

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Sold for
£480

Starting price
£480