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  • Lot# : 7596 Austrian Levant

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    Catalogue# : Liannos IIA
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    Liannos local post Constantinople 1867 (Jan 13): Entire letter from Constantinople to Livorno, bearing Liannos Local Post 20 pa. black on green, perf. 14, tied by "POSTE LOCALE / CONSTANTINOPLE" (Jan 13, Julian calendar) cds in black. Thence via Austrian P.O. with despatch "CONSTANTINOPEL" cds (26/1) in black (Tchilinghirian fig. 387). Carried by Italian ship with framed "PIROSCAFI POSTALI ITALIANI" handstamp in black. Reverse with Brindisi transit (Jan 30) as well as Livorno arrival cds in red with '7' décimi due upon arrival. Some minute folds and wear, a Tiring company wafer sale applied at a later date but a very interesting and desirable cover. Illustrated in 'Die Österreichische Post in der Levante' on page 299. Cert. Tevfik Kuyas (1983).rnProvenance: Collection Monte Napoleone, Corinphila sale 78, Sept 1988, lot 689; Pasha collection, Spink, June 2011, lot 2565.rnNote: The Liannos post was a local system running between December 1865 and March 1867 in order to deliver mail within Constantinople. 
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,400 CHF