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Lot# 6074 - Auction 298-307

  • Lot# : 6074 Austrian Levant

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    Catalogue# : I + V23 + 6/I
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    Romania, Austrian Lloyd P.O. in Kustendje: 1867 DBSR 20 pa. black on green used to pay Local train service from Kustendje to Czernawoda in combination with Austrian Levant 1864 15 s. brown perf. 9½ and 1867 coarse whiskers 25 s. grey-lilac, three fine and fresh examples extremely well centered and perforated, tied by two clear strikes of "LLOYD AGENZIE KUSTENDJE 26 / 5" cds in black (Tchilinghirian fig. 844), "P.D." handstamp alongside, on letter sheet from Kustendje to Loano, Liguria. Reverse with VERONA, "MILANO STAZ." and SAVONA transit (June 4, 69) as well as indistinct LOANO arrival cds's. A horizontal file fold well away from the pristine three-area franking does not distract from this remarkable and extremely rare usage of utmost attractiveness. Signed Colla; cert. Ferchenbauer (2004) Ferchenbauer = LP.rnrnNote: The Danube and Black Sea Railway (DBSR) extended a distance of 46 miles between Kustendje, on the Black Sea, and Czernawoda on the Danube, thus forming a link between the mail boats of the DDSG at Czernawoda and the mail boats of the Austrian Lloyd Company at Kustendje. The DBSR adhesive was solely used for the conveyance of loose letters over this shorter route.rnReference: A cover from the same correspondence is depicted in Ringström & Tester - Private ship letter stamps of the world, part 2 on p. 133 and in the Ferchenbauer handbook, vol IV on p. 753.rnProvenance: Collection Dr. Anton & Elisabeth Jerger, Corinphila sale 140 (May 2004), lot 862; Tomasini/Künzi collection, DF sale (Dez. 2006), lot 20284.
    Starting bid : 15,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 19,000 CHF