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Lot# 1385 - Auction 257-264

  • Lot# : 1385 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : P2+P3
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    1864 (Aug 15): Cover from Islimiye/Sliven to Ruse/Rustchuk bearing Tughra Postage due 1 pi. & 2 pi. black on red-brown thin paper, two fine and fresh single examples with good to huge margins all round, tied by bold strikes of dotted RUSCUK handstamps in black (Coles & Walker fig. 60). Two filing folds well away from stamps and postmarks, an impressive item from the well-known Zlatov correspondence.rnProvenance: 'The Imperial Collection', Köhler sale 361, Sept. 2015, lot 504.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,000 CHF