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SG157 – 1881 2½d. Blue Pl.22 (SL). Wmk. Crown.

£140.00

Exceptionally fine used envelope from CONSTANTINOPLE paying the letter rate not exceeding ½oz. Addressed to LONDON and cancelled by a wonderful strike of the British P.O. CONSTANTINOPLE “C” handstamp in oval of bars with a fine B.P.O. c.d.s. in red alongside for JY. 28. 82… on arrival it was re-addressed to “Watersweet Ilfracombe”. Reverse with London and Ilfracombe handstamps for AU. 2/3. 82.

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Exceptionally fine used envelope from CONSTANTINOPLE paying the letter rate not exceeding ½oz. Addressed to LONDON and cancelled by a wonderful strike of the British P.O. CONSTANTINOPLE “C” handstamp in oval of bars with a fine B.P.O. c.d.s. in red alongside for JY. 28. 82… on arrival it was re-addressed to “Watersweet Ilfracombe”. Reverse with London and Ilfracombe handstamps for AU. 2/3. 82.