U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
July 10-11, 2007

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Lot #984
GREAT BRITAIN British Levant
1889 2p registered stationery envelope, additionally franked with 40pa surcharge, used in combination with imperf. "Express D'Orient" label in dull salmon (die 1), paying the postage and the additional fee for a letter sent by the Orient Express, jointly cancelled by the cds of British P.O. Constantinople, Feb.8, 1889, sent via London to Canada, with transit and arrival pmks, v.f., rare, with Holcombe cert.
Envelope
Price Realized
$2,900.00

Lot #985
GREAT BRITAIN British Levant
1891 2p registered stationery envelope, additionally franked with 80pa surcharge, used in combination with imperf. "Express D'Orient" label in black (die 2), paying the postage and the additional fee for a letter sent by the Orient Express, both cancelled by an "R", with cds of British P.O. Constantinople, Nov.7, 1891, sent to "Baden, Nied. Oesterreich", with arrival pmk, v.f., rare, with Holcombe cert.
Envelope
Price Realized
$2,900.00

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