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  • Lot# : 5118 Romania

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    Catalogue# : VIb+VIIc
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    T. B. Morton & Co. Danube & Black Sea Line Steamers 1870/72: The famous cover bearing the mixed issue franking to Braila, Romania with 1870 1 pi. red, perf 12½ used in combination with imperforate 1872 10 pa. black & red on blue overprinted LETTER in red, each stamp neatly tied by the diamond grill handstamp struck in red. Oval blue Com,pany cachet underneath the 10 pa. adhesive (Zarigrad = Constantinople) and small manuscrript "5" in red crayon possibly being a Ship's Captain's fee or representing 5 bani credit to the local Office in Braila. Slight cover tear at top and with flap missing on reverse but an extremely rare franking. Only 8 covers bearing T. B. Morton adhesives are recorded and just 4 with the 'Letter' adhesive. Illustrated in Ringstrom & Tester "Private Ship Letter Stamps of the World", part 2, on page 112. A great rarity of Levant Postal History.
    Starting bid : 20,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 20,000 CHF