1866 DDSG: Folded lettersheet franked 1866 17kr red bearing very fine blue ‘RUSTZUK 14.X.(66)’ to Galatz alongside senders company cachet, very fine and unusual good quality of adhesive & postmark, scarce (Image)

1866-67 DDSG: 17Kr red perf. 12, 17Kr red perf. 9 1/2, 10Kr dull lilac and 10Kr green, all bearing oval ‘AGENTIE DDSG WIDDIN’, one on fragment showing complete postmark, fine group (Image)

1866-67 DDSG: 10Kr green (2) tied to fragments by ‘OREAVA 29.V’ cds and other with oval ‘AGENTIE D.D.S.G. OREAVA’, also loose 17Kr dull lilac with part cds of OREAVA, fine group (Image)

1866-68 DDSG: Selection of 10Kr green (8), 10Kr dull lilac (2) and 17Kr red perf. 12, all bearing postmarks of Sistov, Rustzuk, scarce Tortukai and Lom Polanka, mixed to superb, interesting specialist group (Image)

1867 DDSG: Folded lettersheet to Orsova franked 1867 17kr red perf 9 1/2 bearing blue oval AGENTIE DDSG SISTOV, adhesive with usual slight perf irregularities but very intense colour and clear postmarks, scarce (Image)

1867 DDSG: Folded letter to Nikopoli franked 1867 17kr red perf 9 1/2 bearing blue oval AGENTIE DDSG SISTOV + circle datestamp ‘20.11.’, adhesive with usual perf irregularities and some stains but very fine and clear postmarks, scarce (Image)

1868 DDSG: Folded letter franked 1866 10kr dull lilac bearing very fine blue oval ‘AGENTIE DDSG WIDDIN’ to Rustzuk alongside senders company cachet, adhesive with the usual perforation irregularities, very fine quality of postmark, scarce, cert Matl (Image)

1868 DANUBE STEAMSHIP COMPANY: Folded letter to Galatz franked 10kr green bearing oval ‘AGENTIE D.D.S.G. LOM-PALANKA’ MARKING and at back oval Galatz 28.IX arrival marking, very fine for this, sign. R.F.Engel (Image)

1868 DANUBE STEAMSHIP COMPANY: Folded lettersheet to Orsova franked 10kr green bearing oval ‘AGENTIE D.D.S.G. WIDDIN’ marking alongside circular datestamp 18.12. and dated inside ms Widding 18.12.68, also fragment franked 10kr dull lilac with same oval WIDDIN marking, fine and scarce (Image)

1868 DANUBE STEAMSHIP COMPANY: Folded letter to Orsova franked 10kr dull violet bearing oval ‘AGENTIE D.D.S.G. SISTOV’ marking alongside circular datestamp ‘6.5.’ & dated inside Sistov 23.4.68 (answered 8.5.), ironed out filing crease through adhesive and cover, still relatively nice representing, high cat.-value, scarce (Image)

1868 DANUBE STEAMSHIP COMPANY: Folded lettersheet to Vienna franked 10kr dull lilac bearing oval ‘AGENTIE D.D.S.G. LOM-PALANKA’ marking and at back octogonal red ‘Vienna 20.6.(68)’ arrival marking, at front ‘BAZIASCH 19.6.’ transit, very fine for this & scarce, cert. Holcombe (Image)

1869 DANUBE STEAMSHIP COMPANY: Folded letter to Galatz franked 10kr green bearing oval ‘AGENTIE D.D.S.G. LOM-PALANKA’ marking and at back oval ‘Galaz (the one without t !!) 15.6.’ arrival marking, very fine for this, scarce + fragment with same cancel & adhesive (Image)

1869 DANUBE STEAMSHIP COMPANY: Folded lettersheet to Galatz franked 10kr green bearing circular blue datestamp ‘24.7.’, underneath bluish company cachet of Draganoff & Nicoloff / Sistoiv, dated inside 1869, at back oval blue arrival marking ‘GALAZ 25.7.’ (the one without T in Galatz), horizontal filing crease through adhesive & cover, fine (Image)

Thomas. B. Morton & Co. – The Finer of Two Known 2nd Issue Covers 1870 Folded letter from Varna to Istanbul, posted at the Lloyd Agency (blue LLOYD AGENZIA / VARNA / 20.1 cds), then because Lloyd ships called only weekly, given to T.B. MORTON CO. and franked with their 1866 primitive red circular “seal” FRANCO issue (40pa), with ms “20” (soldi) postage due assessed by Lloyd Agency in Istanbul. Only two covers known with this issue (the other a part cover from the Steindler collection), this being the UNIQUE example of the red frank. Outstanding Austrian Levant rarity (Image)

1870 DANUBE STEAMSHIP COMPANY: Folded lettersheet to Vienna franked 10kr green bearing oval ‘AGENTIE D.D.S.G. SISTOV’ marking alongside circular datestamp ‘25.6.’ & manuscript transit A.Orsova 27.6., taxation marking at front and red Vienna arrival at back, fine for this (Image)

1871 DANUBE STEAMSHIP COMPANY: Folded letter to Rustzuk franked 10kr greenbearing circular ‘SISTOV 20.VIII’ datestamp and dated inside ms Sistov 8./20.8.71, faint file fold otherwise very fine for this (Image)

1871 DANUBE STEAMSHIP COMPANY: Folded letter to Rustzuk franked 10kr green bearing circular ‘SISTOV 22.XI’ datestamp and dated inside ms Sistov 11.11.71, some stains otherwise fine for this (Image)

1872 DDSG: Folded cover franked 1867 10kr green type I bearing very fine blue ‘ORAVEA 27.V.(72)’ to Orsova, very fine & scarce (Image)

1873ca. DANUBE STEAMSHIP COMPANY: Folded lettersheet to Widdin franked 10kr green bearing oval ‘AGENTIE D.D.S.G. LOM-PALANKA’ marking, no other markings or indications, vertical & horizontal filing crease not affecting adhesive or cancel, fine for this & scarce (Image)

1873ca. DANUBE STEAMSHIP COMPANY: Cover front franked 10kr green bearing circular ‘RUSTZUK 16.VII’, adhesive with scissor cut at left otherwise fine cover front (Image)

1874 DANUBE STEAMSHIP COMPANY: Folded letter to Rustzuk franked 10kr green bearing circular ‘SISTOV 19.X’ datestamp and dated inside ms Sistov 7.8ber.74, some stains & irregular or torn perfs otherwise fine for this (Image)

1875-1881 Folded lettersheet (addressee cut out) franked 10so bearing 1875 indistinct VARNA thimble and envelope (with contents) of Vice-Consulat de France / Varna franked 10so fine print bearing VARNA 16.5.(81) cds (Image)

1876 DANUBE STEAMSHIP COMPANY: Envelope to Tortocan franked 10kr green bearing circular blue datestamp ‘14.3.’, at bottom left oval company cachet of Wassil Radief / Rustzuk, dated manuscript at top 1876, at back also company vignette, fine (Image)