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    Austrian 1854 Revenue stamps used as postage adhesives, 1855c (Aug): Lettersheet from Trieste to Vicenza, bearing 1854 (Nov) Revenue 10 kr. C.M. green & black ('Urkunden-Stempelmarke'), copper plate engraved center, a fine and fresh adhesive in a broad format and with good perforation, tied by clear two-line "COL LLOYD / DA TRIESTE" handstamp in black (Tchilinghirian fig. 11 / Müller 3425b). Reverse with "VICENZA 3/8" arrival cds and distribution cachet in black. Lightest file folds well away from the adhesive, some acid ink, of no importance for one of the most elusive pieces of classical Austrian postal history. A showpiece for a most advanced collection of Austrian shipmail and Austrian classic in general. Signed Renato Mondolfo, Grioni; certs. A. Diena (1963), Ferchenbauer (2023) Ferchenbauer = € 55'000.rnrnNote: One of the rarest usages of revenue stamps to pay postage fees. Ferchenbauer and Jerger list in total only five covers / fronts with uses of the 10 kr. C.M. and 15 kr. C.M. There are two known with the 10 kr. C.M., the present letter, which is the only one with an Origin Markings for Shipmail Letters, and a cover from Triest. Bearing the 15 kr. C.M. adhesive there are known two covers and a front. rnReference: Displayed and discussed in Ing. Edwin Müller - Die Postmarken von Österreich (1927) on page 57. Listed, although not displayed in Jerger Mischfrankaturen on page 102 and Ferchenbauer, part I on page 426.rnProvenance: Collection Rothschild, Mercury Stamp Auctions (Oct 1947), lot 338; collection Max Oberländer, Müller sale 17, Basel (Feb 1958), lot 161; collection Renato Mondolfo.
    Starting bid : 15,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 15,000 CHF
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