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    South Bulgaria 1886: Eastern Rumelia formula card used from Tatar Pazardzhik to Sofia with perforated Official postal seal of the former South Bulgarian Government in black on white wove paper, tied by T. PAZARDJIK datestamp (13/XI/86) in black. The seal was actually used as a 'Postal Fraud' and apparently accepted (as no tax was raised), however the card's message is private, dealing with the despatch of 200 grams of fish roe for a requested price of 'eight grush (Ottoman piastres) in our money', presumably indicating that the sender did not wish for payment in the recently re-introduced Bulgarian currency. The card with a vertical repaired crease but very rare. Signed Holcombe.
    Starting bid : 350 CHF
    Hammer price : 950 CHF