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Lot# 3000 - Auction 309-320

  • Lot# : 3000 Austrian Levant

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    Catalogue# : 4+5
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    Bucharest 1867: 10 s. blue single and 15 s. brown in a horizontal pair, used on 1868 double rate cover to Chaux des Fonds, Switzerland, tied by "BUCAREST" circular datestamps (Oct 20) in black (Tchilinghirian fig. 714). Reverse with Chaux des Fonds arrival cds (Oct 26) in black; manuscript '4' Rheinish krajcar in red crayon on obverse. A rare cover - the single rate to Switzerland had been reduced to 15 soldi on 1 September 1868 and thus this double rate cover was overpaid 10 soldi. Slight peripheral aging and the 10 s. with contemporary tear but a scarce and most attractive cover. Signed Ferchenbauer.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 650 CHF