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Lot# 7710 - Auction 250-256

  • Lot# : 7710 Austrian Levant

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    Catalogue# : 2/I
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    Postal Connections to Overseas - USA 1873 (March 1): Printed matter cover from Smirna to Philadelphia, endorsed "Via Trieste", franked with 1867 3 s. green in a fine horizontal strip of three, tied by "SMIRNE 1 / 3 73" thimble cds in black (Tranmer fig. 10) with framed "Franco" handstamp in red alongside. Front shows '5x' (kreuzer) for the postage beyond Austria. A fresh and fine cover, an exceedingly rare Transatlantic rate and usage. Illustrated in 'Die Österreichische Post in der Levante' on page 479, in the Ferchenbauer catalogue part IV on page 613 and in 'Osterreich-Ungarn,125 Jahre Ausgabe 1867' by Puschmann, König & Schindler on page 192. Opinion Holcombe (1991).rnProvenance: 83. Corinphila sale (Sept 1991), lot 5224.rnNote: Rate includes 2 soldi for the Levant, 2 soldi for Austria, and 5 soldi for the United States. The item includes 'Barkers Drug Report No. 174' and is a duplicated advertisement which explains the current situation of the Opium harvest and the related impact on market prices.
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,400 CHF