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Auction: SW1004 - The Collector's Series - Europe and Overseas
Lot: 1020

1863, Dec 3. Envelope to Florence franked by 1863-65 London printing 10c. horizontal pair and 40c., tied by framed ´´Piroscafi/Postali/Italiani´´ with ´´Alessandria D´Egitto/Poste Italiane´´ cds at left, transits and arrival on back. Illustrated by Zanaria-Serra-Del Negro on page 196 of their handbook dedicated to the Italian P.O.´s Abroad. The earliest recorded use of the De La Rue printing in Alexandria. Cert. Colla, signed Enzo Diena. Sa. L17, L20.

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€1,100