Auction 333-341 Europe & Overseas - Day 5

1862/67: Consecutive 80 l. carmine on rose, a top marginal example, 1872 superb 10 l. orange on greenish and 40 l. deep lilac on blued, used on incoming 1874 unpaid double rate cover from Messina (March 23) to Corfu endorsed "via Brindisi" with corresponding '130' marking in blue crayon below, all tied by Kerkyra "106" lozenge of dots in black. A scarce and most attractive cover (Hellas 22b+40a+42/IId).
Provenance: Karamitsos, Thessaloniki, Sept 2011, lot 378.