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Lot# 2690 - Auction 298-307

  • Lot# : 2690 Austrian Levant

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    Galatz 1867: 2 s. yellow, a used horizontal pair and a horizontal strip of three, on 1869 entire letter to Vienna (fine address: Praterstrasse no. 5 vis-a-vis Café Stierbisek) paying the single rate, tied by crisp strikes of three line dated "GALATZ" cds (March 27) in black (Tchilinghirian fig. 745 - a very short period of use). The entire mailed just four days before the closing of the Hungarian Post Office in Galatz. The sole recorded cover with this rare and most attractive franking.
    Starting bid : 3,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 6,500 CHF