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Auction: 26015 - "The Treasure of the Eagles" Collection of Albania - Part I
Lot: 3157

(x) Wartime Transitional Period (1914-1920)
Italian Post Offices
Premeti-Përmet. 1917 (Aug. 17). Postcard to Catania in Sicily, redirected to Premeno on Lake Maggiore, Piedmont, franked with “Leoni” 5c. (lower left corner defective), tied by superb "poste italiane/premeti" c.d.s., additionally neatly struck adjacent, with Valona censorship marking alongside. One of the finest cancellation usages among the few recorded from this office.

Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.

Estimate
£150 to £250

Starting price
£120