Auction 265th - 273rd - Day 3

1879 (Dec 9): Great Britain 1870 ½ d. rose-red pl. 20 and 1858/69 2 d. blue pl. 15 used on 1879 entire letter from Larnaca to Rhodes, tied by two strikes of the "942" obliterator with LARNACA / CYPRUS datestamp alongside (Dec 9, code A). Reverse with crisp strike of scarce Austrian Post Office RODI arrival cds (Dec 11) struck in blue. Some minor aging but an extremely rare entire.