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lot # 7088 - russland post in levante

Price: CHF 1,500.00
Thursday Nov 28, 2024 09:00 Europe/Zurich

Russian P.O. in Lattakia 1865 (May 15): Letter sheet from Lattakia to Beirut bearing 2 pi. blue and rose with good to large margins, tied by fair "RUS. OBSHCH. PAR i TOR. / LATAKIICK. AGENTSTVO" agency seal handstamp (Tchilinghirian fig. 805), framed pre-stamp era "COMPAGNIE RUSSE / LATTAQUIE" despatch datestamp (Tchilinghirian fig 206) alongside, both in blue. Fine and rare combination of postmarks. Signed A. Diena & Mavrogordato.
Provenance: Collection Liphschutz; collection Cihangir, Corinphila sale 131 (May 2000), lot 564; DF sale (May 2004), lot 30345.

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