Lot 466

✉ GRECIA. 1867. Second sheet of entire letter to SYRA (Greece) endorsed ´via Constantinople´, franked by 1866 1k. black & yellow, 3k. black & pale green and 30k. green & carmine. The 30k. value overlapped by Large Hermes 1862/67 consecutive printings 5l. green on greenish, 10l. orange on blue in a horizontal pair and 40l. mauve on blue all tied by SYROS cds upon receipt (Sept 16) in black. Usual central file fold, yet a colourful and RARE cover. Second sheet of entire letter franked by 1866 1k. black & yellow, 3k. black & pale green and 30k. green & carmine; mailed via Constantinople and somewhat overlapped by Greece Large Hermes 5l. green on greenish, 10l. orange on blued horizontal pair and 40l. rosy mauve on blued all tied by SYROS datestamps (sept 16) in black. Central file fold but a colourful and scarce cover.