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Lot# 7673 - Auction 234-243

  • Lot# : 7673 Austrian Levant

    Austrian Lloyd Agency in Malta 1891: Malta 1 d. red on buff postal stationery card used to Vienna cancelled by 'A25' duplex (July 30), with very fine (and unrecorded) oval framed "AGENZIA DEL LLOYD / AUSTRO-UNGARICO / MALTA" handstamp in blue at upper left. The writer, most probably an officer on board a Lloyd steamer on a re-fuelling stop at Malta states: 'in the morning we entered here to take on 500 tons of coal and will stay here until tomorrow, our next stop will be Gibraltar'.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold