Lot 3193

1933 Italian minelayer Lepanto (11 Aug) to Italy, frankless, applied with "R NAVE / LEPANTO" cds and oval "R.R. POSTE / R. NAVE LEPANTO" seal On reverse with "R. NAVE LEPANTO" seal . Arrived Rome (12 Sep). Lepanto was in Italian service in the far east until 1943, when she was scuttled in China, during World War II. She was then recovered by the Imperial Japanese Navy and taken into service as Okitsu. She was surrendered to the Republic of China after the end of the war and served for a further ten years with its navy as the Hsien Ning.

1933.8.11 意大利佈雷船Lepanto號寄意大利，無貼票，鈐“R. NAVE / LEPANTO”日戳及稀罕之“R.R. POSTE / R. NAVE LEPANTO”橢圓形戳記。背面蓋有“R NAVE LEPANTO”圓戳。9.12抵羅馬。Lepanto號一直為意軍戰艦，直至1943年在中國鑿沈，後又被日軍收編為興津號。二戰後向民國投降，收編為咸寧艦。