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  • Lot# : 1689 Austrian Levant

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    Catalogue# : 5/Ic+6/Ic
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    Large linen piece with block of 20, strip of four, and strip of three of 25 so. brown violet combined with single 15 so. red brown resulting in an enormous franking of 690 so., cancelled by "ALEXANDRIEN RECOM: 6/2" cds's in black (Tranmer fig. 8). An unparalleled franking of Austrian Levant and a major exhibition item for both the Austrian Levant or Egypt collector, shown and described in Ferchenbauer, vol. IV, p. 598. Signed Colla and Ferchenbauer.

    Provenance: Collection Dr. Anton Jerger, 140. Corinphila (May 2004), lot 659.
    Starting bid : 3,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold