U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
November 1-2, 2017

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #206
FRANCE French Offices in the Turkish Empire
1861 (13 Feb) unfranked FL from Samsun to Constantinople, with oval merchant's cachet at bottom left, conveyed via a French ship of the Trebizond-Constantinople line (there was no French postal agency in Samsun), boxed "Mer Noire" (Black Sea) applied by the French Post in Constantinople, charged "10" (decimes) for unfranked mail, with "Constantinople Turquie 28 Fevr. 61" arrival cds on back, departure and arrival docketing, fine
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Price Realized
$450.00

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