
Lot
337
British Offices in the Turkish Empire, 1871 Constantinople to London. Folded cover franked with Great Britain 2d blue + 4d orange tied by oval "C" handstamps with red London arrival cds alongside, backstamped with two strikes of "British Post Office Constantinople" in blue green, one of July 12 & one of July 14, franking pays the 6d per half ounce letter rate via Belgium, which was the normal routing from 25-Jul-1870 - 25-Nov-1872, Very Fine and attractive. Scott No. 30+43 Estimate $100 - 150.
Realized: $200