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Auction: 21045 - The Alan Holyoake Grand Prix Collection of British and International Registered Mail
Lot: 191

(x) Europe
Mediterranean
Constantinople
1857 (17 Oct.) blue wrapper to Jersey from a ship's captain, bears horizontal pair of G.B. 1855-57 6d. lilac (wing margin) cancelled by the large "C" in barred circle with open circle "british post office/constantinople/paid" c.d.s. and straight-line "registered letter" in bright red, routed via London with the tall crown/"registered" and open circle London Paid c.d.s. (30.12), the flap (which opens for display) with fine strikes of the despatch c.d.s. in black and double-arc Jersey arrival (31.12). Filing creases and some light soiling

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Sold for
£2,200

Starting price
£270