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Auction: SW1004 - The Collector's Series - Europe and Overseas
Lot: 1335

British Occupation of the Dodecanese. 1945-47, the magnificent collection comprising of 170 covers, being non-philatelic correspondence for the great majority, including registered mail, early mail in June 1945, late usages including the last day of validity on 31.3.1947 -immediately before passing the administration to Greece-, destinations including  Czechoslovakia, France (scarce), Egypt, Ethiopia, Great Britain, Italy (including unusual mail through Egypt with corresponding censorship), USA, as well as very rare Argentina, Belgium, South Africa, Eritrea, Norway and Spain, important postal documents with rare telegrams and way bills, also a wide range of different frankings including 2/6d. single (non-philatelic) or as uprating franking, unusual printed matter rate, scarce official correspondence, very infrequent inter-islands mail, a remarkable array of scarce cancellation usages including infrequent Italian types, Rhodes in blue, negative of Symi, telegraphic type of Leros, exceedingly rare Castellorizzo (just about five items known), ´´Dal Bordo´´ maritime cachet applied on an Italian ship, very rare mail from Iannadi village, Nisyros, Tilos, Lindos, etc., as well as several items representing each of other Islands which usages are infrequent: Carpathos, Leros, Cos, Calymnos and Symi. It deserves to be separately mentioned the inclusion of three parcel cards (all bearing the 2s. 6d. denomination), this item being, with all probability, the most remarkable rarity of the Dodecanese (only five recorded), with consequently most of the items known included in this lot. Several important items are certified by the expert Sirotti. An extraordinary holding of great rarity as including a considerable quantity of highlights from this unusual postal history-period in the Dodecanese, covering a wide range of postal history-aspects. A wonderful opportunity to start an exciting area with a highly advanced assembly. Of enormous catalogue value. Viewing is a must and recommended.

Estimate
€18,000