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Lot# 1173 - Auction 257-264

  • Lot# : 1173 Austrian Levant

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    Catalogue# : V22
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    Austrian offices in Bulgaria 1868 (May 7): Cover from Sofia to Constantinople, bearing 1864 10 s. blue perf. 9½, a fresh and fine single example with good perforation, tied by light "SOFIA 7 / 5" cds (Tchilinghirian fig. 864) of the Consular post office. Reverse with CONSTANTINOPEL arrival cds (May 11). Signed E. Diena.rnNote: A scarce and attractive usage from Sofia which is, due to the lack of active trading companies, the rarest Consular office in Bulgaria. It was written in the iron-manufacturing city of Samakov and sent to the bankers Camondo in Galata. The text is completely in Ladino, the Romance language of the Sephardic jews which they brought from Spain after their expulsion in 1492 and which is used by Jewish minorities in the Mediterranean.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold