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  • Lot# : 1386 Austrian Levant

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    Catalogue# : V21+I
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    1867c: 10 soldi blue postal stationery envelope sent registered to Ibraila with Danube & Black Sea Railway 1867 20 paras black & green and reverse with pair of 5 soldi rose, perf. 9½, unfortunately damaged on opening of the cover, all cancelled by LLOYD AGENZIE / KUSTENDJE datestamps (11/4) struck in black (Tchilinghirian fig. 844) and straight line RECOM: handstamp at left. JBRAILA arrival cds of the Austrian P.O. on reverse (16/4) in black (Tchilinghirian fig. 730). Despite the fault to the reverse and minor imperfections, a magnificent and extremely rare cover: one of only two recorded D.B.S.R. registered usages and the sole recorded usage of the D.B.S.R. adhesive on a 10 s. postal stationery envelope.rnrnNote: The Danube and Black Sea Railway 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 DSNC 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.rn 
    Starting bid : 6,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 11,500 CHF