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Lot# 7565 - Auction 250-256

  • Lot# : 7565 Austrian Levant

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    Catalogue# : V21
    Trieste Shipmail Handstamps 1867 Sept 23): Prepaid printed matter Letter sheet from Alexandria to Trieste bearing 1864 Arms 5 s. rose perf. 9½, tied by two line "COL VAPORE / D'ALESSANDRIA" handstamp in black (Tchilinghirian fig. 82), with additional information strike alongside. Reverse with Triest arrival cds in red  (28/9). Also an unpaid 1857 cover from Constantinople to Zürich with three line "LETTERE ARRIVATE / COL VAPORE / DAL LEVANTE" shipmail handstamp in black. Both illustrated in 'Die Österreichische Post in der Levante' on page 235. rnNote: Both handstamps were applied in Trieste to incoming mail from the Levant.
    Starting bid : 350 CHF
    Hammer price : 380 CHF