Auktionshaus Christoph Gärtner GmbH & Co KG Sale: 49
Stamps Ceylon/Sri Lanka
Sale No: 49
Lot No:5038
Symbol:b
1856 Stampless cover from Colombo to Edinburgh, Scotland per overland mail via Marseilles and London, bearing large circled "COLOMBO STEAMER-LETTER/MY 10/1856" despatch dater and 'June 15th' arrival c.d.s. in red on the reverse, and on front with black circled "BRITISH-PACKET POSTAGE PAID" h/s as well as red London transit dater, with usual cover folds, fine. (Image)
Opening EUR 80.00
Sold...EUR 85.00
Closed..Feb-24-2021, 01:00:00 EST
Sold For 85
Sale No: 49
Lot No:5042
Symbol:a
1944 (ca.), unused postal stationery airgraph KGVI 10 cents blue on cream with four paragraphs for the correspondence and backside in black place for the address and the message, very scarce item, not in Higgins & Gage, rare! (Image)