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Lot# 1448 - Auction 265-273

  • Lot# : 1448 Austrian Levant

    Disinfection in Trieste 1835/41: Group three Entire letters transported with the Austrian Lloyd from Smyrna and Syra to Trieste, endorsed "col vapore austriaco" or similar notes, all disinfected in one of the three Trieste lazarettos with the disinfection fees noted and summarized on front. The 1841 entire from Smirne struck with rare SMIRNA one line handstamp (Tranmer fig. 1 / Müller fig. 2058a = 170 points), a fine usage in the Ralli correspondence of this rare handstamp in its first year.
    Starting bid : 250.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 340.00 CHF