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  • Lot# : 1672 Austrian Levant

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    1840 (March 19): Entire letter from Foschia near Smirna, written by the Austrian Rear-Admiral Baron de Bandiera to a Naval Commander in Zara, struck on despatch by superb strike of straight line SMIRNA handstamp in black (Tchilinghirian fig. 1). Slitted for disinfection with two line 'Zara / 13 Apr.' datestamp of arrival on reverse. A rare and historic entire in superb quality.

    Note: War against Mehmet Ali of Egypt. Rear Admiral Bandeira was present at the Siege of St. Jean d'Acre (November 1840) on the Austrian flagship 'Medea', and received thanks for his gallantry from the British Parliament.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 300 CHF

    Lot# : 1673 Austrian Levant

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    Alexandria 1840 (July 16): Entire letter from the Ralli correspondence in Greek language to Trieste, struck with straight line "ALEXANDRIA" in black (Tranmer fig. 1, Smith fig. 2), handwritten "x3", three pia. identical to 12 kr CM Lloyd postage, reverse with an add. crisp strike and a clear arrival "TRIESTE 3 AUG 1840" cds in red. An extremely early use of this postmark, described in Tranmer to be in use since 1845.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 550 CHF

    Lot# : 1674 Austrian Levant

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    1851: Entire letter from Salonika to Marseille struck on despatch with two line SALONICH / AOUT 14 datestamp in black (Tchilinghirian fig. 594), via Vienna and reverse with NETO DI FUORI ET DI DENTRO disinfection cachet in black applied in Semlin. Transit of 'über / BASEL' in black on front and French entry marking (Aug 28) in red, charged with handstruck '36' décimes in black.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 150 CHF

    Lot# : 1675 Austrian Levant

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    Catalogue# : V14
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    1864: 2 s. yellow perf. 14 in a vertical pair, fresh colour and well embossed, tied by rare "ALEXANDRIEN 20/10" cds in blue (Tranmer fig. 5). Some perf. toning, but a scarce pair with a rare datestamp. Cert. Eichele (2002) Sassone = 11 punti.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 700 CHF

    Lot# : 1676 Austrian Levant

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    Catalogue# : V14
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    2 s. yellow, perf. 14, two examples used on 1869 printed Matter entire letter from Constantinople to Trieste tied by three line LETTERE ARRIVATE / PER MARE / DAL LEVANTE handstamp in black with oval Triest arrival datestamp (21/1) in black. A fine and scarce franking.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 500 CHF

    Lot# : 1677 Austrian Levant

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    Catalogue# : V14
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    1864 (July 1): Printed matter entire to Vienna, franked by vertical pair of 1864 Arms definitives 2 so. yellow perf. 14, fresh colour and well embossed, tied by "ALEXANDRIEN 1/7" cds in black (Tranmer fig. 5). Insignificant imperfections but a rare use of this stamp on cover, a scarce rate and usage. Cert. Ferchenbauer (1992) Ferchenbauer = € 2'500.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 4,200 CHF

    Lot# : 1678 Austrian Levant

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    Catalogue# : V18
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    15 s. brown, perf. 14, two examples used on 1864 entire letter from Rustchuk to Vienna, Pollak correspondence, neatly tied by RUSTSCHUK datestamp (21/5) struck in blue (Tchilinghirian fig. 876). Reverse with Vienna arrival (May 24) in black. Minor file fold at top and a few imperfections but a scarce and attractive entire.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 300 CHF

    Lot# : 1679 Austrian Levant

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    Catalogue# : V19
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    1867 (Apr 3): Printed matter entire to Trieste, franked by hor. pair of 1864 Arms definitives 2 so. yellow perf. 9½, tied by "ALEXANDRIEN 3/4" cds in black (Tranmer fig. 5). Few nibbed perfs, but an extremely rare use of this stamp on cover, a scarce rate and usage, described by Tranmer only to be found on single stamps. Ferchenbauer = € 3'500.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 750 CHF

    Lot# : 1680 Austrian Levant

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    Catalogue# : V22
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    1866 (Jan 31): Entire letter to Beyrouth, franked by 1864 Arms definitives 10 so. blue perf. 9½, tied by "ALEXANDRIEN 31/1" cds in black (Tranmer fig. 5) with "BERUTTI 3/2" cds in brown (Tranmer fig. 3) alongside. Regular harbor to harbor rate, an appealing cover.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1681 Austrian Levant

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    Catalogue# : V22
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    1866 (Dec 17): Entire letter to Jaffa Palestine, franked by 1864 Arms definitives 10 so. blue perf. 9½, tied by "ALEXANDRIEN 17/12" cds in black (Tranmer fig. 5). Regular harbor to harbor rate cover, a little bit aged but an interesting item.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1682 Austrian Levant

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    Catalogue# : V23
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    1865 (Feb 25): Envelope to the Royal War Court in Stolp Pommerania Prussia, franked by 1864 Arms definitives vert. pair of 15 so. brown perf. 9½, tied by "ALEXANDRIEN 25/2" cds in black (Tranmer fig. 5), reverse with Berlin - Anhalter Bahnhof transit and arrival datestamps (10/3). An attractive cover with 15 so. for the Austrian Lloyd and 15 so. for the GAPU. Sender of this cover is Leonhard von Blumenthal (1810-1900), Chief of the General Staff during the German-Danish War of 1864.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 250 CHF

    Lot# : 1683 Austrian Levant

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    Catalogue# : V19,V20,5/I
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    Group three stamps incl. re-united 1864 Arms definitives 2 so. yellow and 3 so. green perf. 9½ and 1867 Franz Joseph 15 so. brown, all cancelled extremely rare thimble "PORT SAID EGYPTEN" cds's in black (Tranmer fig. 1). An appealing usage of this scarce postmark which was in use only between 1869 and 1872. Opinion Ferchenbauer and cert. Puschmann.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,800 CHF

    Lot# : 1684 Austrian Levant

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    1868 (Apr 23): Registered entire letter from the Austrian consulate of Alexandria to Ludwigshafen Bavaria with handwritten "N 878" registration number, struck with "ALEXANDRIEN 23/4" cds in black (Tranmer fig. 5), Prussian framed "Recommandirt" in red and "3" (silbergroschen) taxation, reverse with attractive consular cachet, "TRIEST Recommandirt", "LEIPZIG - MAGDEBURG" TOP as well as Ludwigshafen arrival datestamps (28 / 4). A postage-free cover until the borders of the Austrian Empire, taxed with 1 sgr. for postage and 2 sgr. for registration thereafter.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 800 CHF

    Lot# : 1685 Austrian Levant

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    Catalogue# : 1/I
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    1873 (Apr 11): Printed matter entire to Vienna, franked by vert. pair of 1867 Franz Joseph definitives 2 so. yellow coarse whiskers, tied by "ALEXANDRIEN 11/4 73" cds in black (Tranmer fig. 10), reverse with Vienna arrival cds. A few slight imperfections but a scarce usage.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 1686 Austrian Levant

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    Catalogue# : 2/I+4/I
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    1870 (Sept 9): Envelope to Ledbury, endorsed "Via Triest & Ostende", franked by 1867 Franz Joseph definitives coarse whiskers, hor. pair of 10 so. blue and 3 so. green , tied by "ALEXANDRIEN 9/9" cds's in black (Tranmer fig. 5) with handwritten "8" weiterfranko, reverse with Ledbury arrival cds (SP 21 70). 10 so. for the Austrian Lloyd, 5 so. for GAPU, and 8 kr. for Belgium and Great Britain, some edge toning but an interesting cover sent on this scarce route to avoid the hostilities of the Franco-Prussian War.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 300 CHF

    Lot# : 1687 Austrian Levant

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    Catalogue# : 2+3+5
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    1867: 3 s. green, 5 s. red and 15 s. brown, fine examples used on 1874 cover from Varna to Livorno, neatly tied by VARNA thimble datestamps (19/11) in black (Tchilinghirian fig. 885). Italic P.D. adjacent and reverse with Livorno (26/11) arrival cds. Addressee's name carefully re-written in centre otherwise a fine and most attractive cover.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 220 CHF

    Lot# : 1688 Austrian Levant

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    Catalogue# : 3/I
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    1874: Franz-Joseph fine whiskers, 5 so. red in a horizontal pair, neatly tied by "LARNACA DI CIPRIO 11 / 5" cds in black brown (Tchilinghirian fig. 3) to piece. A fine and scarce cancellation.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1689 Austrian Levant

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    Catalogue# : 5/Ic+6/Ic
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    Large linen piece with block of 20, strip of four, and strip of three of 25 so. brown violet combined with single 15 so. red brown resulting in an enormous franking of 690 so., cancelled by "ALEXANDRIEN RECOM: 6/2" cds's in black (Tranmer fig. 8). An unparalleled franking of Austrian Levant and a major exhibition item for both the Austrian Levant or Egypt collector, shown and described in Ferchenbauer, vol. IV, p. 598. Signed Colla and Ferchenbauer.

    Provenance: Collection Dr. Anton Jerger, 140. Corinphila (May 2004), lot 659.
    Starting bid : 3,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1690 Austrian Levant

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    Catalogue# : 41
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    1901c.: Cover to USA franked by varnish lined 1 pi. on 25 h. blue tied by bold strike of circular NAVIGAZIONE GEN.LE ITALIANA / Piroscafo / S. GIORGIO / FLORIO - RUBATTINO in violet. Flap missing but very scarce.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 220 CHF

    Lot# : 1691 Austrian Levant

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    1902 (1.12.): Picture postcard Dolmabache with mixed franking Turkey 20 pa. carmine, cancelled at the Osman PO in Pera (Grand Rue), and add. Austrian Levant Franz-Joseph 20 pa. on 10 h. and 1 pia. on 25 h. as registered postcard postage with registration label of "Constantinopel österr. Post III" alongside, sent to Genova with arrival cds on obverse (5 12 02). An interesting combination.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 220 CHF

    Lot# : 1692 Austrian Levant

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    1867: 10 soldi deep blue on white wove postal stationery envelope, a fine used example to Constantinople cancelled by "LLOYD AGENZIE / VARNA 20 / 7" cds in black (Tchilinghirian fig. 939). Reverse with "LLOYD AGENZIE / CONSTANTINOPOLI 21 / 7" datestamp in black. A weak vert. fold but a very rare usage of this stationery from Varna.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 700 CHF

    Lot# : 1693 Austrian Levant

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    Catalogue# : Modena 4
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    Modena 1852 definitive 25 c. black on light buff, a fresh and fine example tied by six barred mute obliterator to 1858 outer letter sheet to Milano with crisp GUASTALLA (June 16) cds (Mioni type 3) at right in blue. Oval framed AGENZIE DEL LLOYD AUSTRIACO GUASTALLA also in blue alongside. Milano arrival cds (June 17) on reverse. The Austrian Lloyd opened Agencies in Piacenza (Duchy of Parma), Guastalla (Duchy of Modena) and Pontelagoscuro (Papal States) along the River Po between 1852 and 1858 for Lloyd Austriaco Ships that sailed this river to link mails from Trieste to Lago Maggiore. This cover also helps support Tchilinghirian's notion that these cancels served the purpose of despatch or arrival markings for mail that was handled by the Lloyd Austriaco Agency. An extremely rare handstamp, Tchilinghirian & Stephen described those from Piacenza and Pontelagoscuro, but not from Guastalla. Illustrated and described on page 39 in Vaccari - Modena 1852-1863. Certs. Vaccari (1987), RPS (2003).
    Starting bid : 1,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 5,500 CHF

    Lot# : 1694 Austrian Levant

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    1864/74: Lot 15 used stamps and a pair, all cancelled in Larnaca with Coat of Arms 15 so. brown with fair but rare straight line "LARNACA / 19 SEPT." handstamp (Tchilinghirian fig. 1) in black on piece and Coat of Arms 15 so. (2), Franz-Joseph 3 so. green, 5 so. red (2), 10 so. blue (1 and pair), 15 so. brown (4), and 25 so. grey in diff. shades (4), all cancelled by LARNACA DI CIPRIO cds's in black or black brown (Tchilinghirian fig. 3). A sound and rare selection.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1695 Austrian Levant

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    Alexandria 1835/1914: Specialised Collection on leaves with 88 covers and 90 stamps/pieces, incl. 1835 captain's cover to Trieste, five cover with straight line ALEXANDRIEN datestamp, the same mark in a rare usage on three pieces with Arms definitives, stampless covers with ALEXANDRIEN cds in black or blue (Tranmer fig. 5) with interesting taxations, some sent franco, the same mark used on Arms and Franz Joseph definitives, usage on strip of three 5 kr. Franz Joseph, COL VAPORE D'ALLESANDRIA marks, incoming mail and better destinations, thimble cds's on pieces, covers and postal stationery, 1883 Arms definitives with 20 so. single franking on registered cover, mixed franking of 1883 and 1888 definitives on registered cover, incoming mail from the Austrian PO in Constantinople, postmarked at the German PO and sent after closure to the Austrian Alexandria PO, French Port Said 1901 cds and Egyptian cds's on Austrian stamps, Egyptian Retta mark on Austrian stationery, and Lloyd line cancellations. An interesting selection for the Austrian Levant and the Egypt collector, fine and very scarce, carefully mounted on exhibition pages by the knowledgeable consignor, three certs.
    Starting bid : 3,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 4,600 CHF

    Lot# : 1696 Austrian Levant

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    Purification Semlin 1847/54: Three stampless covers from Constantinople sent via Semlin (Zemun) and Austria to the Rothschild family in Paris, showing purification handstamp NETO DI FUORA DI DENTRO in diff. types, Austrian transit marks 'TA' as well as French entry marks as "Autr. 2 Forbach 2" or "Autr. 2 VALnes 2" (2).
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 300 CHF

    Lot# : 1697 Austrian Levant

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    Cyprus 1866/67: Two commercial covers from Larnaca to Italy, incl. a stampless entire, dated "27 February 1866" from the Ralli correspondence to Trieste with arrival datestamp on reverse and a part cover with Franz-Joseph coarse whiskers 3 so. green and a pair of 10 so. blue, cancelled with LARNACA DI CIPRIO datestamps in brown black (Tchilinghirian fig. 3). Covers with staining or address erased, but still a nice pair with this rare cancellation.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 340 CHF
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