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Lot# 1495 - Auction 265-273

  • Lot# : 1495 Austrian Levant

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    Incoming 1857 (May 11): Unpaid entire letter from Vienna to Bucharest, struck with clear "WIEN 11 / 5 6 A." despatch cds in black, reverse with "BUKAREST 16 / 5" arrival cds (Tchilinghirian fig. 713). Charged with "9 / 6" kreuzer CM. A fresh entire, an early usage of the BUKAREST datestamp which came into use in 1857 and was the first datestamp of the consular PO after the Crimean War replacing the FELDPOST obliterator. The entire shows in addition the 6 kreuzer rate for the majority of the Danubian Principalities while only Bottushan and Ploesti paid the reduced 3 kreuzer CM rate and only Giurgevo paid the higher 9 kreuzer CM rate.
    Starting bid : 150.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 150.00 CHF