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  • Lot# : 5113 Romania

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    Catalogue# : 14/II+15/II
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    Austria 1858: 10 kr. brown (2, one on reverse) and 15 kr. blue used on 1859 registered cover from Vienna to Waslui, endorsed on front "via Jassy" and addressed to Madame Catherine Rosetti née Stourdza, a Boyar family in Waslui. Adhesives tied by neat strikes of "Recommandirt / Wien" datestamps in red (July 25) with reverse showing Czernowitz transit cds in black (27/7) and Austrian P.O. datestamp JASSY on reverse in blue (29/7). The letter would then have been picked up by a retainer of the Stourdza family for delivery to Waslui. A fresh and fine cover in excellent condition. Illustrated in Handbook II on page 338.
    Starting bid : 800 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,600 CHF