Lot 20089 - 1889 (6 Apr.) First-type Avis de Réception form, franked with 1882 2pi blue, tied by LARNACA / AP 6 89 / CYPRUS squared-circle datestamp, addressed to Rome and redirected to Grignan, with red Larnaca dispatch and arrival

1889 (6 Apr.) First-type Avis de Réception form, franked with 1882 2pi blue, tied by LARNACA / AP 6 89 / CYPRUS squared-circle datestamp, addressed to Rome and redirected to Grignan, with red Larnaca dispatch and arrival datestamps alongside. An unusual and scarce usage of the first Cyprus Avis de Réception form.

Provenance: Christopher Crutwell.

Note: This was the first Avis de Réception form printed specifically for Cyprus, with only 500 forms produced in 1886. Its continued use three years later illustrates the very limited volume of A.R. mail handled on the island during the period.