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Auction: 9020 - Stamps & Covers of the World
Lot: 535

x Egypt Foreign Letter Rates 1892 envelopes (6 Mar. and 13 Mar., both complete with contents) from Howard Carter, (the discoverer of King Tutankhamun´s tomb in 1922) at Deirout to William Amherst Tyssen-Amherst (first Baron Amherst of Hackney) in England, each bearing 1pi. blue with c.d.s. and with Brandon, Norfolk arrival c.d.s.; the contents referring to items found in The Temple of the Sun and delays in excavation "due to Mr. Petrie´s hammers being stolen". A fine and unusual pair Estimate £ 150-200

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