Lot# 2876 - Auction 309-320

DDSG / DSNC 1870: 10 kr. red, perf. 9½, a used example on 5 April 1871 cover from Odessa, Ukraine to Nicopolis tied on arrival by Roman dated "NICOPOLI / 9 / IV" circular datestamp (Tchilinghirian fig.906) in blue. The adhesive just touched by horizontal file fold but a rare and most attractive usage. An important cover, the sole recorded example of this stamp used in Nicopolis.rnrnProvenance: Collection Franz See, Corinphila sale 62, Zurich, 9-10 May 1979, lot 2552.

INFO: Letter written in Braila, Romania and not as described from Odessa!