Lot 2791
10 pa. brown, four examples (three are Type I, one Type II) used on 1866 cover to pay 1 piastre rate to Cairo, tied by good strikes of "Poste Vice-Reali Egiziane / Alessandria" datestamps(Nov 20) in black. Cairo arrival datestamp on reverse (same day). Some minor bends to cover and small paper thinning to letter sheet at base, well away from adhesives, but a scarce and attractive first issue franking.
