Lot 206
Europe an outstanding collection of 19th Century Postal History 1847-71, comprised of approximately 60 covers, replete with unusual usages and rates, including Austria with 1869 folded cover to Vienna bearing Danube Steam Navigation 10kr green cancelled by "Agent/ D.D.S.G./ Sistov" oval h.s. and thimble type d.s. both in blue (Ferchenbauer Cert.), France 1854 envelope from Paris to Chartres bearing Empire 25c milky blue, impressive German States with Baden 1867 folded cover to St. Petersburg bearing 1kr singles (2) and 6kr vertical pair, Bavaria 1861 folded letter registered to Hengersberg bearing 1kr rose vertical strip of three (6kr registration fee paid in cash), 1858 neat mourning envelope from Munich to England bearing 6kr and 18kr and 1872 envelope from Munich to St. Petersburg bearing 1kr singles (2) and 3kr "L" shaped strip of three, Hanover 1866 envelope from Ilfeld to London bearing pin perf. 2gr and 3gr, Oldenburg 1861 2gr (touched) on folded cover to Ellwurden, Saxony 1860 folded letter from Dresden to Watertown, Wisconsin bearing 3ngr and 10ngr, Wurttemberg 1867 folded letter from Stuttgart to Montevideo, Uruguay bearing 1865 6kr, 9kr and 18kr pair (very rare), and 1869 14kr on mourning cover from Stuttgart to New York sent by closed mail on the steamer "China", Italian States with Romagna 1859 local Bologna folded cover bearing ½b pair with one stamp bisected to pay ¾b (3 centesimi) and 1859 folded letter from Argenta to Ferrara bearing 2b diagonal bisect, both ex Alphonse, signed E (milo) D (iena) and with Raybaudi certificates, and Tuscany 1860 mourning envelope from Florence to London bearing 20c and 40c (usual margins), Roumania with 1862 30 par singles (2) on front and back of folded cover registered from Caracal to Bucharest, Serbia with an excellent range of frankings including 1869 (c) registered letter form Kragujevac to Belgrade bearing 20pa pair and single, 1872 registered envelope from Belgrade to Brood bearing 25pa and 40pa and 1874 folded registered cover from Kragujevac to Belgrade bearing 20pa and 50pa singles (2), and Switzerland with 1852 folded "nachnahme" cover from Morges to Pampigny bearing Rayon III 15cts singles (2, originally pair but miscut so that one stamp is huge; Rellstab Cert.), and 1857 envelope from Wädenswil to Mulhouse bearing large margined 40rp (Zumstein # 26C) cancelled by "P.P.", nearly all the covers selected for quality which is overall Very Fine and of a standard to be included in any exhibition collection.
Estimate 10,000 - 15,000
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