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Lot# 1487 - Auction 265-273

  • Lot# : 1487 Austrian Levant

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    Disinfected mail in the Bukowina 1845 (Sept. 25): Part paid Entire letter from Gallatz to Livorno, struck on obverse with two line "GALLATZ 25. SEP." despatch datestamp in black, "A.T." and circular "AUSTRIA No. 7" postal treaty handstamps alongside. Reverse with boxed "DISINFETTATA NEL LAZZARETTO / ST. ROCCO DI LIVORNO" carantine handstamp and arrival cds (Oct 15, 1845). The reverse shows also the handwritten disinfection number 'RN 78' (Räuchernummer 78) of the carantine station Bojan / Poiana situated at the border between Moldavia and the Austrian Bukowina, the cover was punched there. A most interesting item, disinfected twice in Bojan and Livorno, signed Ferchenbauer.rnNote: Bojan was the entry disinfection center for mail from Moladvia and the then Turkish Dobrudja, but also for mail coming from the Russian Bessrabia. Handstamps are known, but normally the desinfection was just noted in manuscript (compare Meyer - Disinfected Mail on p. 45).
    Starting bid : 200.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 500.00 CHF