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B.P.O. in Smyrna--U.K.('84; Stamp Dealer) & GR('94)/2, GB, 1-d. PSCs/Forerunners
B.P.O. in Smyrna--U.K.('84; Stamp Dealer) & GR('94)/2, GB, 1-d. PSCs/Forerunners

B.P.O. in Smyrna--U.K.('84; Stamp Dealer) & GR('94)/2, GB, 1-d. PSCs/Forerunners

$ 16.46

Availability: 95 in stock
  • Grade: G/VG (Good/Very Good)
  • Year of Issue: 1884 & 1894
  • Quality: Used
  • Currency: Pre-Decimal
  • Denomination: 1-Penny
  • Certification: Uncertified
  • Place of Origin: British Levant (until 1922)
  • Cancellation Type: Numeral
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
  • Topic: Business, Industry, Careers
  • Regional Status: Post Office Abroad
  • Color: Multi-Color
  • Type: Postal Card, Stationery
  • Era: Victoria (1837-1901)

    Description

    These are two, neat, 1-Penny, GB postal stationery cards(in good-very good condition!) used abroad in Smyrna, Turkey! The brown, 1-Penny card(message written in French; requesting a stamp catalogue!) was sent on January 16, 1884(a pretty nice, SOTN, "F87" bar numeral cancel, and Smyrna CDS!), to a very early, well-known stamp dealer, Stafford Smith & Company, in Brighton, England! The orange, 1-Penny card was sent to Athens, Greece, on November 21, 1894(great strikes of the B.P.O. in Smyrna CDS and bar numeral, "F87!")! The mail went through Piraeus, Greece(11/11/94), before arriving in Athens. The message(in Greek) on this card appears to be business-oriented, as it was sent by a an ethnic Greek dealer in stationery products, a Jean G. Joannides!