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1854: THE ONLY RECORDED FIRST ISSUE COVER TO THE IONIAN ISLANDS.1854 Fresh entire letter bearing two copies of 4 A. blue/red (cut-to-shape, 2nd printing, Head II, Frame I) and 1 A. (die I), each cancelled by diamond of dots (inside dated: Patna 19'th April 1855) sent "via Calcutta & Alexandria / By steamer / STAMPED FOR THE AFTER PACKET" to CORFOU, IONIAN ISLANDS (today Greece), with red boxed "INDIA PAID" and arrival "CORFU 18 GIU" on front, backstamped with Patna despatch and Calcutta transit. UNIQUE AND CERTAINLY THE MOST EXOTIC DESTINATION ONE CAN IMAGINE FOR A COVER WITH THE LITHOGRAPHED ISSUE. Certificate BPA (2014) Catalog Price 14000,00