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Lot# 1369 - 202-204 Auction

  • Lot# : 1369 Lombardy-Venetia

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    1861: Stationery envelope, rectangular cutout 3 so. green with good to large margin all round, very large margin at right in mixed franking with 1863 Imperial Arms definitive 2 so. yellow perf. 14, glued on the large margin of the cutout, both tied by "PADOVA 13/5" (1864) cds to small blueish envelope, sent to Venice with arrival cds and oval distribution handstamp on reverse. An attractive and extremely rare combination, possible between July 1863, when the Arms definitives were issued and May 1864 and the Franz-Joseph definitives became invalid; last possible month. Signed A. Diena, certs. Raybaudi (1981) and Colla (1997) Sassone = € 110'000++ / Ferchenbauer = € 45'000++.
    Provenance: Collection Rothschild.
     
    Starting bid : 10,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 13,500 CHF