Lot no. 1095

SMIRNA : 1868 folded envelope from Smirna to Milliadhi Brothers in Chios, attributed to the Egypt Shipping Co. / Azizie Line of steamers, struck with private bilingual cachet “FRANCO” in greenish ink. Vertical file folds away from the handstamp, few tiny spots, extremely scarce.           For further examples of this handstamp see the late Cengiz Arsman Collection and 2015 Corinphila 202.stamp auction, all same corrospondance. One of three recorded. Cert.TOPS