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Lot 6020

FRANCE - GREECE: 1863, lettersheet from Marseille via Trieste to Patras, franked with 1853/61, 80 c. rose and 1862/72, 10 c. bistre, 20 c. blue and 40 c. orange, tied by railway mark "LM 2°" with adjacent "MARSEILLE A LYON 2° 15 JUIN 63"; on reverse several transit- and arrival marks.The 80 c. lightly touched in one place, 2 other values perforation faults, otherwise fine. A very rare and most unusual letter via this route; supposed to be the only letter from France via Triest to Greece.