CORINPHILA AUCTIONS 297 - 308 Day 6

Cyprus 1870ca (Sept 24): Envelope from Larnaca to a lawyer at the Greek Embassy in Constantinople, bearing 1867 Coarse whiskers 5 s. lilac-red and 15 s. brown, two fresh and fine examples with good perforation, tied by "LARNACA DI CIPRO 24 / 9" cds (Tranmer fig. 3) in the typical brownish black, reverse with indistinct CONSTANTINOPEL arrival cds. Roughly opened on reverse, an appealing double rate port-to-port item. Cert. Goller (2023).rnProvenance: Spink, London, Dec 2008, lot 688.