Lot# 1194 - Auction 244-249
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Lot# : 1194 Austrian Levant
1888: 5 pi. on 50 r. red-lilac & black, two horizontal pairs and a block of six, used with 1 pi. on 10 s. ultramarine & black with a further stamps missing, on 1889 registered linen envelope to Vienna, all tied by CONSTANTINOPEL / OESTERREICHISCHE POST I datestamps (8/4) in black (Tchilinghirian fig. 397). Only three covers are recorded with a commercial 5 pi. on 50 kr. franking, all are addressed to the father of the Greek Radiollogist, Dmitrios Chilaiditi. Rare.rnProvenance: Collection Henry Houser, RL, Zurich, 18 June 1992, lot 1016.rnrnStarting bid : 750 CHFHammer price : 750 CHF