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Lot# 967 - Auction 291-297

  • Lot# : 967 Austrian Levant

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    Austrian P.O.'s in Cyprus: Selection of six used examples and three pairs cancelled by circular "LARNACA DI CIPRO" datestamp (Tranmer fig. 3) in black or the typical brownish black on 1863 perf. 14 2 s. yellow, 1864 perf. 9½ 3 s. green, pair 5 s. rose, 10 s. blue, two single examples, one on large part cover to Sira, twice 15 s. brown, and pair 1867 Coarse whiskers 10 s. blue. The elusive selection includes also strikes of the two-line LARNACA datestamp (Tranmer fig. 1) in black on a single example and in the extremely rare blue colour on a pair of the 1864 10 s. blue.rnNote: Tranmer lists only one other stamp with the the blue two-line datestamp, the present pair was unknown to him. rnProvenance: Partially ex Spink, London, Dec 2008, lot 655.
    Starting bid : 1,000.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,200.00 CHF