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Lot# 5093 - 213-217 Auction

  • Lot# : 5093 Greece

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    Catalogue# : 5+11
    Mail from the Duchy of Saxony-Altenburg via Austria and Austria Lloyd 1862: Entire letter from Ronneburg, Saxony-Altenburg to Syros, Greece forwarded privately to Trieste, where mailed unpaid with 'Triest' cds (Feb 7) in black and manuscript '3/15' rate marking in blue ink applied (3 kr. local rate + 15 kr. Lloyd ship fee); franked on arrival with remarkable usage of 1861 Paris printing 20 l. blue in a horizontal strip of three, overlapped by First Athens printing 5 l. deep yellow green on greenish in a vertical strip of three, closed tear, all tied by dotted '67' numeral in black. Rubbed '75' (lepta) in manuscript red crayon on front (rate of 18 kr. = 55 lepta + 20 lepta for internal delivery) and reverse with Syros cds (Feb 2, julian) of receipt. The letter sheet with faults but a rare and most unusual entire. Signed Tseriotis.
    Starting bid : 6,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold