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Auction: SW1004 - The Collector's Series - Europe and Overseas
Lot: 1023

1865, March 16. Cover to Livorno franked by 1863-65 London printing 60c. (separated by scissors and with some trimmed perforations on three sides), mistakely not cancelled at departure with ´´Alessandria D´Egitto/Poste Italiane´´ datestamp and ´´Pirocafi/Postali/Italiani´´ adjacent, with the stamp being cancelled in transit after landing in Italy by the Papal grill of Ancona. Arrival on reverse. Illustrated on page 238 by by Zanaria-Serra-Del Negro in their handbook dedicated to the Italian P.O.´s Abroad. A unique cover originating from Alexandria with the ´´Griglia Pontificia´´ cancellation. Cert. Colla, signed Holcombe. Sa. L21.

Estimate
€1,000