Auction 333-341 Europe & Overseas - Day 5

British Military Occupation 1809-1815 1812 (Aug 7): Entire letter from Cefalonia to Zante, struck on arrival with octagonally framed "Polizia Militare / Zante" handstamp in oxidised red-brown. An unusual usage of an old French handstamp (both Cefalonia and Zante were occupied by British forces from 4 October 1809) with just three such entires recorded (others were ex Drossos and Simmermacher collections).
Provenance: Collection Elvo Hut, Karamitsos, Athens, 30 Nov 1991, lot 32.