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  • Lot# : 8036 Montenegro

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    Catalogue# : 11Aa / V21
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    Bar-Antivari 1869: Front and back of cover, side flaps missing, mailed from Bar to Venice bearing Turkey 1868 Dulos Postage Due 20 pa. browen & red brown (İsfila 52) tied by all Arabic triple oval 'BAR' handstamp (Coles & Walker fig. 21), in combination with 1864 5 soldi rose-red in a pair and horizontal strip of three, perf. 9½, tied by ANTIVARI datestamps (17/8) in black (Tchilinghirian fig. 467). Italic P.D. alongside. Reverse with oval 'Triest' transit (21/8) and 'Venezia' arrival cds (22/8) in black. One of one just two recorded mixed frankings from Bar, the addressses name sensibly restored but of great rarity and an Exhibition showpiece for the Levant connoisseur. Illustrated in Isfila catalogue, Volume 2, on the front page. Cert. Enzo Diena (1996), Nakri (2009).
    Starting bid : 25,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold