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  • Lot# : 1432 Papal state

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    Poland 1852: 8 b. black on white, fresh and fine, tied by grill handstamp to 1866 entire letter to Lemberg, Galicia, Poland, nowadays Lviv in Ukraine with ROMA (Aug 21) cds alongside. Firenze, Milano, Chur, Chur-St. Gallen and Vienna transits as well as Lemberg arrival (Aug 29) cds's on reverse. Cover addressed to Franciszek Wierzchleyski, Archbishop of Lemberg (1860-1884), sent via Switzerland due to the war between Austria and Sardinia. The cover was paid only up to the Papal-Italian border, the taxation for the transit via Italia and Switzerland to the addressee amounted to "45" kr. Certs. Th. Mathà (2005), Colla (2006).
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,300 CHF