227 : Europe & Overseas

1872: 5 pa. brown, 10 pa. mauve, typographed 20 pa. blue, 1 pi. red and two 2 pi. yellow, all used on 1875 cover front to Hartford, CT, USA tied by scarce Arabic dated LUXOR datestamps in black (Jan 3) and by '2 Cents' credit marking in red. London / Paid transit cds in red on front (Jan 16) and fully paid thus: 1 pi. Luxor to Cairo, 1 pi. Cairo to Alexandria, 3 pi. 35 paras for British Postage by Sea. A scarce and exceptionally attractive item. Signed Todd AIEP.rnrnProvenance: Collection Peter Smith, Corinphila sale 198, May 2015, lot 5220.
Catalogue 227: EUROPE & OVERSEAS