Lot 00028

by hand under the stamps (SallesII, 56 and 176) taxed in Patras with 188 lepta with a 5-colour franking of Paris prints. Cover B: Letter from the same travel back with handwritten name of the ship “Alphee” from Constantinople March 26 1862 to Athens March 17, taxed upon arrival with 80l. Paris print. There is no other pair of this travel known. A unique duo of postal history documents, the first cover been one of the most exciting we have seen. (Hellas 1a+2a+3b+5a+7a)