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  • Lot# : 1576 Austrian Levant

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    Catalogue# : 35
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    1904 (May 21): Double weight cover from Uskub to Graz, Austria franked by 1900 2 pi. on 50 h. grey tied by bold strike of SALONICH Ü / ÖSTERR. POST code 'a' datestamp in black. Graz arrival (May 23) on reverse of a scarce cover.
    Note: This Office, like other branch Offices in Northern Macedonia, were probably opened to act as covert listening posts to monitor Military movements in this sensitive area, certainly the amount of mail handled was too small to justify the Offices.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 320 CHF