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Lot# 1573 - 182-185 Auction

  • Lot# : 1573 Austrian Levant

    1897 (Jan 24): Registered cover from Salonica to Constantinople, mailed from the Frankish Quarter Sub-Office with 1 pi. on 10 kr. ultramarine (2) tied by superb strike of SALONICH II / ÖESTERREICHISCHE POST datestamp (Tchilinghirian 612) in black. Yellow registered label at left and reverse with (Jan 28). This scarce cover appears to be the one Tchilinghirian took his illustration from.
    Note: The Branch Office was opened in 1895 as a political response to the opening of a French Office in the Frankish Quarter, it was never justified by the level of business.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 340 CHF