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Lot# 6045 - Auction 298-307

  • Lot# : 6045 Austrian Navy and Shipmail

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    Catalogue# : 34
    Austrian Levant Shipmail, Origin Markings for Ship letters, Mediterranean Sea 1900 (April): Envelope from Tripoli to Trieste, bearing 1900 1 pi. on 25 h. ultramarine & black, tied during transit in Beirut by one-line "COL VAP DA" handstamp in black (Tchilinghirian fig. 97) with handwritten "Tripoli Siria" below. Reverse with "BEIRUT / OESTERREICHISCHE POST" transit (April 13) cds and bilingual TRIEST / TRIESTE arrival (April 24) cds in greenish blue. An interesting item from the Levant with an unknown Shipmail handstamp, signed Sorani, Gazzi & Fiecchi.rnProvenance: Collection Cihangir, Corinphila sale 121 (April 2000), lot 1928.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,400 CHF