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Auction: 3032 - Stamps and Covers of the World
Lot: 799

1899 envelope (194x147mm.) from White Fathers Mission to Algiers and re-addressed to Marseilles, bearing 1896 typeset 2a. strips of five, four (one with small "o"), three and a pair, all uncancelled, showing Mombasa squared-circle transit d.s. (13.3), unframed "T" and, on reverse, "deutsche seepost/ost-/afrikanische/hauptlinie" (27.3) and Suez transit c.d.s.; upon arrival in France Postage Due 50c. strip of four and single applied and cancelled. The envelope with creases and some stamps defective, creased and/or lightly stained. A most remarkable franking. Photo Estimate £ 800-1,000 provenance: Col. J.R. Danson, 1971

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