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Lot# 3067 - Auction 291-297

  • Lot# : 3067 Austrian Levant

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    Catalogue# : V17+V23
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    Macedonia, Consular Post Office in Serres 1864c (Oct 4): Double rate Cover from Serres to Vienna franked by 1863 10 s. blue perf. 14 (corner fault) in combination with 1864 15 s. brown perf. 9½, two horizontal pairs, overall fine and fresh examples, well embossed, tied / cancelled by three strikes of two-line "SERRES / OTT. 4" handstamps in blue (Tchilinghirian fig. 616). Reverse with WIEN arrival (Oct 10) cds. Some cover edge wear and minor toning, nevertheless an appealing and very rare entire, correctly franked with twice 20 soldi for the Levant plus twice 15 soldi for Austria. Signed Pfenniger, cert. Eichele (2008).rnReference: Another item from the Fratelli Dumba correspondence is displayed in the Ferchenbauer handbook, part IV on page 530.rnProvenance: Collection Henry W. Houser, Robson Lowe (June 1992), lot 1078.
    Starting bid : 750.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,200.00 CHF