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Lot# 7065 - Auction 234-243

  • Lot# : 7065 Austrian Levant

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    Austrian Occupation of the Danubian Principalities during the Crimean War 1854/57: Cover from Austrian Fieldpost office in Jassy with extensive honorific address to Alfons Graf von Wimpffen in Bucharest, franked with 1850 9 kr. blue type IIIb on handmade paper, tied by "FELDPOST No 2 13/4" cds (Müller 3443a = 600 points; Tchilinghirian fig. 756) well struck in black, the place of despatch noted as "Jassy" in manuscript. Reverse with arrival cds "K.K.FELDPOSTAMT No 1 16/4" (Müller 3436b = 600 points; Tchilinghirian fig. 712) of the Bucharest Fieldpost, an extraordinary and stunning cover. The addressee Alfons Maximilian Graf von Wimpffen (born 1828 in Hietzing nearby Vienna; died 1866 in the battle of Nachod against the Prussians) was an Austrian Colonel and commander of the infrantery regiment no. 20. Cert. Ferchenbauer (2004).rnProvenance: Collection Dr. Anton & Elisabeth Jerger, 144. Corinphila auction (May 2005), lot 188.
    Starting bid : 7,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 7,500 CHF