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Catalog archive | Auction 170

08/30/2019 - 08/31/2019

FIELD POST STAMPS
Lot 5295
Auction 170 | Lot 5295
Opening bid
1.000
12V,9,7A
BF
Christmas stamp with overprint in type V in mixed franking with Crete 7 A and 9 on the postal route regular passing through letter with CTO "army postal service = e = 25.12.44", photo expertize Petry BPP (2019) : "except for a few -already to the time the franking backward transshipped roulette tongues of the Rhodes local imprint find be the deep rich colors admission stamps in perfect condition. The before time centered vertical folded and on opening at the upper margin a little cut in envelope point at to the margins impurities on, which considering the difficult carrier conditions against End of the war often unavoidable waren. Reverse success the safety mechanism of the upper letter flap under aid Italian censorship strip. In the island post -traffic was for an air fieldpost letter to 20 Gram only an island post admission stamp frankable. As against the from Ignorance at the use the Christmas stamps on Leros emerged mixed frankings is the existing entire piece philatelic influenced has but the postal route with a probability bordering on certainty regular passing through. No matter what the philatelic afflatus of the sender are mixed frankings of three island post admission stamps very rare and belong to the unusual manifestations the island post. Further special feature are herewith resulting use of the Crete local imprint on the correspondence of a Wehrmacht member on Rhodes as well which was entire pieces very raree overprint type V the Rhodes Christmas stamp. "
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Accepted bid
900