Lot 1339
1872 folded cover from Samsun to Trieste (29.5) via Russian Post Office in Constantinople (29.5), bearing Levant 1868 5k and 1872 1k vertical pairs, pen cancelled, with "Lettere Arrivate/per Mare/Varna" framed datestamp (25.2), 12 kopek for double rate from a Russian Levant port and taxed "40" (kreuzer) on arrival, Very Fine and rare example of Austrian Levant entry, carried on an Austrian ship.
Estimate 3,000 - 4,000
Provenance: H.W. Schaefer
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| Realized $3,250 |
