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Lot# 6043 - Auction 274-283

  • Lot# : 6043 Austrian Levant

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    Catalogue# : V18
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    Bulgaria, Austrian consular Agency in Ruschuk 1864 (June 24): Cover from Ruschuk to Vienna, bearing 1863 Arms 15 s. brown perf. 14, a superb horizontal pair with good perforation and embossing, cancelled by superb "RUSTSCHUK 24 / 6" cds in blue (Tchilinghirian fig. 876). Reverse with WIEN arrival (June 28) cds. Light horizontal file fold well away from the franking, nevertheless a most attractive and interesting cover, an early usage of the adhesives in the Levant. Signed Edwin Müller, G. Bolaffi, E. Diena & Raybaudi.rnNote: Austrian Levant adhesives could be used to pay the postage beginning in April 1864 in the offices in Valachia, Moldavia, Dobrudja and Ruschuk.rnReference: A cover from the same correspondence is displayed and described in the Ferchenbauer handbook, part IV on page 528.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 400 CHF