Ended on Monday, 19 February 2018 at 01:30.

Br Armenien - Stempel: VAN (part of Armenia in 1920): "VAN AVR..1896", bilingual dater with stretched s

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Start of the sale:
Monday, 22 January 2018 at 08:06
Item n°513879885
Sale ends:
Monday, 19 February 2018 at 01:30
Lot:
#05069
Catalogue:
39. Auction - 19 Feb. 2018 - Philately: Asia incl. Malaya Special

VAN (part of Armenia in 1920): "VAN AVR..1896", bilingual dater with stretched stars, clear strike on 1892, 1 pia. on cover to the US with transit and arrival marks; cover bit roughly opened at top, otherwise very fine. ONLY TWO COVERS OF THIS EXTREMELY RARE CANCELLATION ARE RECORDED. Isfila catalogue No. 3 "RRR*" were the other existing cover is illustrated an described as being unique. A MAJOR RARITY OF ARMENIAN POSTAL HISTORY.
Note: in our 31. auction (2015 lot 48A) we sold the 1905 VAN cover from the Otto Hornung collection which bears a different postmark type rated in Isfila only as "R" for 5200 EUR + fees.

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Br Armenien - Stempel: VAN (part of Armenia in 1920): "VAN AVR..1896", bilingual dater with stretched s

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