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Lot #4205
CRETE British Administration
1898 cover mailed by I. Griffith, the military commander of Monofatsi to Candia, with "Governor Monofatsi International Occupation" seal, with corresponding Flag indicia alongside, endorsed "20 Paras" and dated 9.12.98, addressed to a Captain Edgar at Candia, with Austrian Post Office 12.12.98 arrival pmk on back, filing folds, fine and rare cover, only 24 examples of the provisional marking were prepared prior to the issuance of the new Cretan stamp
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$900.00

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Lot #4206
CRETE British Administration
1898 20pa violet, margins all around, canceled by straight-line "Archanes" in blue and manuscript 1/10/12.98 (presumably covering both Julian and Gregorian calendars) on small cover addressed to Maj. General H.Chermside (commander of the British troops and military commissioner from 1896-99), v.f., with sender's note on back ("Inscription on stamps in Greek Provisional post of Kandia"), with 1988 Peter Holcombe certificate: "This is the only British cancelation other than Heraklion used and is the only known cover", ex-Lewis and Friend collections
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Catalog #1
$1,400.00

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