£85
G.B. USED ABROAD - SMYRNA CIRCULAR WITH ½d ROSE-RED TIED BY "F87" NUMERAL; Feb. 1880 EL (some creasing) to Liverpool with G.B. ½d rose-red (pl.13) tied by a partly fine scarce British P.O. in Smyrna "F87" vertical barred numeral; the contents are a printed list of "MANIFESTS OF Vessels sailed from Smyrna" in Jan./Feb. 1880. Rare example of the ½d Printed Matter rate sent to G.B. from a PO abroad. [Illustrated in BPPP, p.286.] Cross Reference: TURKEY, G.B. USED ABROAD STAMPS & COVERS, 1870 ½d PLATES
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