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Lot# 2929 - Auction 309-320

  • Lot# : 2929 Austrian Levant

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    DDSG / DSNC Offices in the Dobrudja 1868c: 10 kr. green, perf. 9½, a used example tied to circa 1868 cover from Czernavoda to Galatz by bold strike of oval framed "D.D.S.G / AGENTIE / CZERNAVODA" handstamp in black - rare thus (Tchilinghirian fig. 853). An extremely rare cover, Steindler considered his example (lot 189) to be unique, it is from the same correspondence as this cover. Illustrated in "The Private Ship Letter Stamps of the World" by Ringström & Tester on page 74 and in Tchilinghirian & Stephen on page 484.rnrnProvenance: Collection Denwood Kelly, RL, Zurich, 18 April 1981, lot 2018.
    Starting bid : 2,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 3,600 CHF