Lot no. 5506

Candia 1912: Cover with mixed franking, 5L Cretan & 2x10L Hellenic Administration (one stamp with large "E") tied with "IRAKLEION 14.DEKE.1912", addressed to Trieste (without arrival pmk). The Cretan stamps were removed from circulation after the annexation to Greece (9 December 1912) and the stamps on the hands of correspondents could not be used. Possibly a unique regulation violation