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Image and Description of Lot #378 of Auction #82

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Lot # 378   |    cover   |   Scott # 653, 655

1922-23, cover from Tehran to Cairo, via Baghdad, addressed to Berlin, franked by three values of Shah Qajar with "Controle. 1922" overprint, tied by Tehran "25.XII.22" date stamp, Baghdad "24.Jan.23" transit and Cairo "8.Feb.23" arrival marking, "Poste Aerenne. Baghdad-Cairo" confirmation cachet, however hard to believe that air mail delivery took over two weeks, cover was opened roughly, still F/VF .

 

 

 

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